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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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IWouldPreferNotTo · 15/02/2019 13:54

Born in the South East to Welsh parents and grew up in the North West.

Had me firmly in Peterborough and Luton which having been to both is rather disappointing.

cstaff · 15/02/2019 13:54

Got me spot on

elQuintoConyo · 15/02/2019 13:55

No map came up Sad

I shall try again later.

Fraying · 15/02/2019 14:00

It was pretty accurate for me which was interesting because in RL people sometimes struggle to place my accent.

JustLurkingAway · 15/02/2019 14:02

Mine came up as North Wales/Liverpool way (I'm W Mids)

BartonHollow · 15/02/2019 14:02

Completely accurate for me

readyplayer80 · 15/02/2019 14:10

Spot on for me too

Impicciona · 15/02/2019 14:11

Mine came up between Drogheda and Wicklow which is really accurate. I'm from Dublin.

GinandGingerBeer · 15/02/2019 14:14

Spot on for me. Grin
It identified the city I was born in.

DorothyZbornak · 15/02/2019 14:18

Fairly spot on for me. It suggested 2 places. I live in one, but don't have a local accent and am often asked if I'm from the other place suggested, so it knows me well.

HowlsMovingBungalow · 15/02/2019 14:20

Map result doesn't appear on my phone.

RedForShort · 15/02/2019 14:21

Tried on a tablet instead of phone and the map showed up. Got two places named on the map - I grew up between them.

Cwtches123 · 15/02/2019 14:32

Spot on for me.

BitOutOfPractice · 15/02/2019 14:33

Got me spot on - Black Country Grin

IWantMyHatBack · 15/02/2019 14:34

Mine didn't show a map either

idoliketobebesidethesea · 15/02/2019 14:41

On the button for me!

PennyMordauntsLadyBrain · 15/02/2019 14:43

I got between Donegal and Louth- pretty accurate, I’m from Belfast

implantsandaDyson · 15/02/2019 14:48

Told me I was either from Derry or Belfast - I'm from one of them Grin.

The map wouldn't load on my phone - it did on a tablet.

RavenLG · 15/02/2019 14:49

Pretty spot on, put me as NE (which I was born and raised for 24 years) and then East Midlands (More skewed towards Norfolk though, live in Leicester) and lived here about 7 years

Foxywoody · 15/02/2019 14:49

RedForShort I'm the same!

turkeyboots · 15/02/2019 14:52

Think I broke it. Am an Irish woman, who spent part of childhood in Scotland and then 20yrs in England. My mum is Mum, Mam, Mammy and Mom depending on how I feel on the day!

hippoherostandinghere · 15/02/2019 14:55

That's brilliant!! I'm Northern Irish and it placed me in Belfast which isn't a million miles away.

ApolloandDaphne · 15/02/2019 14:56

Pretty close. Had me west of Scotland/Glasgow. I actually grew up in Fife but in a town that had a lot of people from the west move there. I am also married to a west coast man!

BusterTheBulldog · 15/02/2019 14:59

Spot on for me too! Me and 3 friends did it all from different places and it got us all right

happymummy12345 · 15/02/2019 15:01

The map told me in from reading. Not quite, I'm from the east end of London