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Post by orioles70 on Feb 20, 2019 2:36:45 GMT
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Post by orioles70 on Feb 20, 2019 2:50:15 GMT
as an American, my answers were all over the map - some phrases Scotch or Irish, sometimes English, sometimes Welsh, sometimes not matching at all
as a country, we seem to have picked up phrases from all over the UK
for example - we call the playground game "tag", which seems to be a Welsh thing
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Post by eloneen on Feb 20, 2019 3:24:44 GMT
Fun survey, orioles70 ! Thanks! To paraphrase the analysis of my responses: "You're not from around here, are you?" lol Being from New Orleans, where we have our own French (and local history) influenced expressions in English for any number of things, and having lived in NC most of my adult life, I'm sure I offered an interesting mix of responses. I was all over the map. By the way, growing up, we played "It." But I knew what "Tag" was, too. Often, it was something like "Tag, you're It" when you touched the person you were chasing.
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Post by BIuebird on Feb 20, 2019 4:37:06 GMT
This was fun! Obviously, I also got "You're not from around here, are you?" Interestingly, I had the most similarities localized around London and Birmingham. My mom is originally from a suburb of London, so I wonder if that affected how I speak at all? As a kid, my friends would poke fun at me if I came out with something unusual. I remember getting questions from a teacher when I used the phrase "donkey's years." I didn't think twice about it until she pointed out that she didn't know what it meant! The other side of my family is Pennsylvania German... I noticed that "crick" wasn't an option on the one question, haha! I actually call it a creek, but I know plenty of people around here who say "crick."
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Feb 20, 2019 8:22:53 GMT
This isn't often an issue of English English, or American English or Aussie English. There are so many variations in Great Britain alone - even throughout England. One common bone of contention is the aitch/haitch saga. Some people categorically state that H is pronounced "aitch". Others say "haitch". Both are correct. It depends on where we've come from. Then, of course, there's the chips/crisps/fries debate!
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Post by Horacewimp on Feb 20, 2019 8:30:43 GMT
They got me bang on, in the north Midlands.
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Post by vlogdance on Feb 20, 2019 9:04:03 GMT
They got me right as well - Wales.
Well, there can't be many places where you call plimsolls "daps".
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Post by tremblinwilbury on Feb 20, 2019 9:29:26 GMT
Hmmm...
That quiz - I can't get it to work...
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Post by orioles70 on Feb 20, 2019 14:38:20 GMT
the same guy made a version for American accents a few years back www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.htmlit pegged me as being from Philadelphia, which isn't too far off (about 100 miles) Baltimore has a pretty unique accent that is different from Philly but all four of my grandparents come from Connecticut or New York and one moved to Philly as a boy so I guess my accent and word choices are more northern than the typical Maryland one
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Post by BIuebird on Feb 20, 2019 15:25:32 GMT
The American one was pretty spot on for me. It guessed Philadelphia, and although I grew up outside of Philadelphia, that's pretty darn close. People from Philly sort of have their own accent all together! It looks like they pinned me down because I say "sneakers."
Oh PS: I had my mom take the UK one, and she got south of London. That's spot on!
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Post by Timeblue on Feb 20, 2019 17:13:18 GMT
It got me spot on too (God's own county)
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Post by eloneen on Feb 20, 2019 17:48:49 GMT
Mine identified New Orleans and a couple of other cities not far from there, but most of the southern US was shaded a dark red for me, including NC. I grew up in N.O., spent a few years living in Georgia, and I've lived most of my adult life in NC, so it makes lots of sense. Lots of fun , but no big surprise for me.
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Post by queenofthehours on Feb 20, 2019 17:58:18 GMT
The quiz got me right as well (Derbyshire / South Yorks)
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Post by unomusette on Feb 20, 2019 22:40:39 GMT
I enjoyed doing that, it pegged me pretty much right but included Gloucester as well as South Wales. Thanks for posting it orioles70
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Post by Grroosss on Feb 21, 2019 4:19:45 GMT
Interesting! I obviously got “you’re not from around here, are you?” and was all over the map on the UK one.
Oddly enough, on the American one, two of the three cities it chose for me were in southern California even though I’ve only lived in northern California, though the area I live was very dark red as well. Whenever I’ve talked to people from Southern California we’ve always seemed to find some differences in the words we use, but I guess it’s more similar than I thought. There were some areas of Colorado that were at the darkest end of the spectrum too—not sure if Californians and Coloradans just use similar words, or if I picked some things up from my mom.
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