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Has anyone done the British-Irish dialect quiz?

171 replies

swirlette · 15/02/2019 12:53

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html

Everyone on Twitter seems to be getting really accurate answers but it put me firmly South West & I've only been there twice! I can only think my mix of growing up in one part of the country with parents from another confused it...

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VeryFoolishFay · 15/02/2019 13:00

Put me right in the middle of the south east, where I was raised!

TheWoollybacksWife · 15/02/2019 13:03

That was pretty cool and surprisingly accurate. Mine came out as north west England (where I was born and lived until I was 21) and east(ish) midlands (where I live now).

AgentProvocateur · 15/02/2019 13:05

It was spot on for me.

Maykid · 15/02/2019 13:05

Mine was fairly accurate, just a bit further south.

ChoudeBruxelles · 15/02/2019 13:06

yes spot on for me

AndItStillSaidFourOfTwo · 15/02/2019 13:18

Very accurate for me (I used the terms I grew up with, mostly, rather than the ones i currently use, which are different in a few cases) - it put me close to the place I grew up and in the place I went to university!

Parthenope · 15/02/2019 13:20

The basic quiz wasn't got the country right, but not the area, or anywhere close but when I did the extended version, with lots more questions, it suggested three areas, one of which is where I was born and grew up till I was 20.

Some of the pronunciation questions were mildly baffling -- what accent pronounces the vowel in 'rode' and 'road' differently?

AndItStillSaidFourOfTwo · 15/02/2019 13:24

In some accents the o in 'rode' can sound more like French 'eau' and 'road' more like 'rawd' or 'raw-ad' (very approximately!).

AndItStillSaidFourOfTwo · 15/02/2019 13:27

Where's the extended version?

TheCag · 15/02/2019 13:27

It was exactly right for me! I never realised I’m so Somerset Grin

Knittedfairies · 15/02/2019 13:27

Accurate for me too.

Parthenope · 15/02/2019 13:28

And -- when I did the basic version and saw my results, it asked me to fill in where I was from into a little box on the left of the screen, and when I did it said 'We have lots more questions to ask you!' and linked to more.

Helmetbymidnight · 15/02/2019 13:30

It showed the town where I live. That's remarkable!

derxa · 15/02/2019 13:31

Very accurate

RedForShort · 15/02/2019 13:32

Don't think mine displayed right. I had maps for particular answers but there was a big white space at the top which I think was supposed to be my main one.

EarringsandLipstick · 15/02/2019 13:37

Parthenope
A strong Dublin accent would something like 'Rode (one syllable) and then 'Ro-ad' (two syllable, longer emphasis on the second)

Shorter quiz was surprisingly accurate as I have a bit of a non-accent that's not usually representative of where I come from. It suggested 3 locations, 1 correct.

Longer quiz was pretty inaccurate, lots of suggestions, none correct. But really interesting to do.

PuppyMonkey · 15/02/2019 13:39

Spot on for me. It was dobby and cob that were the giveaway apparently.Grin

Unihorn · 15/02/2019 13:41

I've done it three times and it still isn't working, just showing a white space Sad

RedForShort · 15/02/2019 13:43

Same her Unihorn. Done it twice and got nothing.

grannycake · 15/02/2019 13:43

Spot on - South Wales

HeyCarrieAnneWhatsYourGame · 15/02/2019 13:45

That’s amazing- it put me within ten miles of where I was brought up.

DaedricLordSlayer · 15/02/2019 13:45

i did the quiz on the other thread from the NY times, I did it twice and I just get blank Sad

AlexaAmbidextra · 15/02/2019 13:47

Spot on. Placed me in London which is where I spent the first 21 years of my life then worked in for many years.

seaweedhead · 15/02/2019 13:50

Interesting. It thinks I'm from the north east, I did live there for a number of years but am from the north west and didn't think my dialect had changed that much.

PlasticPatty · 15/02/2019 13:51

Between Manchester and Leeds - perfect.