I would have thought they would say Australian, American, Scottish or Welsh. They got my dialect spot on at number one. I do think I spotted the question which was the decider though, and it's one I could have went either way on with the answer, since the phrase they used is one that occurs all the time in Scotland, but it's one I have as a pet peeve and wouldn't use myself.
There were quite a few sentences that, while I ticked as correct, I wouldn't personally use. There's a bit of wiggle room there. Because I live near the border, and have been told I have a northern accent at times. I guess that's where Scotland comes from too! No idea about Australian though. They got Scottish spot on for me, but I've also lived a fair bit of my life in Donegal, and it's the only other notable component of my dialect - they didn't get that part though, I got Australian as a runner-up as well!
I have no idea where they get Australian from. Are you in an area with Ulster Scots influences? I could imagine that encouraging Scottish as a result.
Singaporean 3. Irish Southern. This was so close! I come from Finland and my native language is Finnish. Here in Finland we're studying UK English at school so that was quite right! I am actually from the north-west of the UK but My area is close ish to the north of Wales. Pretty good considering I live in New England. Although the third guess is a little strange considering I'm not black :p. I've spent probably two months in New Zealand and a weekend in Wales.
Clearly, the three years in Australia not picked up here I'm English native, something like German B1, and I've studying Dutch and Norwegian a little over the years, but not enough to qualify those results!
English England 3. That's nice, since I am a norwegian. I am from India and we communicate regularly in English at work and at social gatherings with people who have a different native language to ours. I took the test and go the following predictions for my English dialect:.
This may be technically correct because at school we get trained in "English" English. As for my native language:. I suppose the second one comes the closest - I wonder how Romanian got in there. In my case, maybe they don't have enough data points from my locale to make the algorithm work well.
It seems to have deteriorated since you used it as it now seems not to know the name of my country and said English England, English Scotland and South Africa! I am Welsh, English and Norwegian. My first language Mother's tounge is English and I also speak Norwegian natively. I do not speak much Swedish though, although it is close to Norwegian. I'm from Pennsylvania, and my grandmother, who I spent most of my youngest years with, is from Ireland. It's funny they say Italian. My town has a very high concentration of Italian-Americans, but the kids my age are all at least 3rd generation immigrants or more, so that probably has nothing to do with it.
But, Chinese? Honestly, I should probably ignore these. I guess I might be a little late to the party : but I just found the quiz today. Here are my results:. My native language is Polish and I find the results really flattering because I'm majoring English and I specialize in American English :. My ultimate goal is to sound as American as possible :.
Well, I studied American English and I suppose I have a big influence of Spanish as it's my second foreign language and I had a lot of conversations with Spaniards in English as well. I am Colombian, so my native language is Spanish, but I lived in the US for 8 years, from the age of 11 to the age of Here are my results. So it does okay on the dialect, because I do speak American Standard English, but I didn't expect a prediction of Norwegian or Swedish as my native language!! When I here my owne accent it looks like I have a British guy who try to speak whit an cowboy Texas accent.
B Native languages: 1 Finnish and two other European languages, I closed the tabs already. All were wrong. The problem is I didn't even accept the 'grammatically incorrect' sentences such as "He be working" which would lead to US Black Venicular.
I also don't speak Singaporean, let alone New Zealandish English. Canadian Our top three guesses for your native first language:? Swedish so idk. Well, this seems to be an odd combination, sorta. It did get my native language right, though.
Ireland Southern 2. My results are: Dialects: 1. I have always found my English grammar more British, so it is understandable. Native languages: 1. Hungarian 3. I speak Vietnamese as my first language, and no matter if I redo the quiz after a while, English and Hungarian still appear on the top list, while the third result can be Finnish or Polish.
Finnish and Hungarian both belong to the Finno-Ugric family, while Polish is a Slavic language which I am struggling to master right now , and all of them are known to have no relation with Vietnamese, so it is kinda Get started. Quiz: Which English do you speak? Lenkvist Plus. Hi everyone, I came across an interesting quiz that's being conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. May 30, Texan, y'all Our top three guesses for your English dialect: American Standard Canadian Australian Our top three guesses for your native first language: English Dutch Russian They mention that their algorithm needs more work before it can accurately predict native languages.
American Standard The predictions for my native language are: 1. Had there been a speaking exercise, Australian would have been out of the mix for me :. May 31, Shan Mod. Exactly what I'm thinking!
Thank you very much for sharing this link June 1, I got exactly the same but I am from Canada so it got me spot on. June 2, January 9, American standard, singaporean, south african.
June 3, June 4, Lavinae Plus Thanks for sharing this interesting quiz Lenkvist! Interestingly, it thought mine was Dutch, but it's Swiss German. Are you British? Assuming that because of your avatar. If so, I wonder why you got "American Standard ". I am American and have a British flag as my avatar because I speak English as a first language. English is originally from Britain and also your flag looks cooler.
StrapsOption Yeah, it is a pretty amazing flag, alright. Do you like this one? Yeah, where is it from? I feel a bit sorry for the colourblind people in that country ;.
Yeah, it's Burundi. And what about the colour-blind people in this country: It's Seychelles. June 12, June 13, Well damn, that portugal flag must just look like a square to colourblind people. June 14, What colour would the square be, or would it vary depending on the person?
June 15, LeMaitre Plus It guessed my native language right - English : The dialects aren't correct though. I speak a bit of German and Spanish though But a number of my Finnish-speaking friends have been doing this in FB and I noticed Singapore seems to be really popular choice as the top dialect, many get it as the first choice.
That's what I'm thinking. Or maybe they indeed don't care that much about silly Internet quizzes :. Ok, so this might explain why I didn't get Finnish in the suggestions :. February 20, Xneb Plus. English Dialect: 1. Scottish UK Native Language: 1. Dutch There's not too much surprise other than the Russian and Dutch guesses for native language seeing as I speak neither, but I guess it had to guess something! My native language is Portuguese.
Australian was surprised about the first one lol native language: 1. German 2. English first one is correct. JessePaedia New Zealand I have relatives in New Zealand if that counts There seems to be a common trend where you get Singaporean as your first three accent predictions. English correct 2. Finnish I have no idea where they got Spanish or Finnish from. RusoTejano Plus Predictions for native language English Portuguese Italian Obviously my native language is English but I'm not sure how Spanish didn't make the top Dialect: 1.
Australian Native language: 1. Russian 2. My mother just informed me that she also got Russian as first choice. I'm also naive Hebrew and Russian speaker and got much different results. This is interesting. Scottish UK Our top three guesses for your native first language: 1. Sample Question. Terrible weather. An obnoxious man. Hard worker. English Language Trivia Quiz. Total Grade: 20 Total of items: 20 Students: University students Number of students: 20 To take the quiz write your name and surname into Get the Upshot in your Inbox.
Click here to take the quiz and see your own. See the pattern of your dialect in the map below. Three of the most similar cities are shown. I use a sack. It's a bag. I call it a poke. It's a duffle here. Madder than a wet hen. Doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
Pretty as a peach. Finer than a frog hair split four ways. Tennis shoes. Running shoes. Pasta sauce.
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