Can you tell where someone is from from how they write on MN?

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I've noticed that when going through posts, I'll read something and think, 'oh this person is from x, just by the words and phrases they use. I'll sometimes be able to localise this to a more specific region. I never look at usernames when I'm reading unless something really stands out to me, so I generally don't have any prior knowledge of the poster influencing me. Of course I can't be 100% sure but I would put a bet on being right, most of the time.

Do you ever recognise a particular region through how a poster writes? Are you conscious of how you write, making sure not to use colloquialisms unique to your area or do you not think about it, or do it anyway?

Very occasionally, maybe with some Scottish turns of phrase. I think it's easier to guess a poster's level of education although some of the people claiming to be teachers surprise me.

When people use the word "brought" as in "I brought the kids to the beach" I assume Irish.

Yes I can often see an Irish or Scottish turn if phrase. And if Someone says mom not mum I assume West Midlands. I LOVE seeing colloquialisms and dialect on mn

Sometimes yes.
Use of specific vocab and grammar can often be regional.

That can be regional in England too though. The area I grew up in had a large influx of Irish workers at the end of the 1800s and bought and brought seem pretty interchangeable.

To a degree I think you can , mum , mom , mam , or calling someone lass , or the use of wee for small , but I like it .

When people use the word "brought" as in "I brought the kids to the beach" I assume Irish.

I assume Birmingham and the surrounding area. That is where I have heard it used the most. I have worked in Ireland and don’t remember noticing it at all. It could be regional there too.

You can certainly tell Scottish people. Phrases like “my jumper needs to be washed” are often written “my jumper needs washed”

You hear that in Northern Ireland too

Do you?
I'm Irish and have never heard anyone say brought for bought - although as a pp said I suppose it could be regional.
But for what it's worth I've lived in Ireland all my life and have only seen people say brought for bought on MN.

Scots are the only people who use the word outwith, thats a giveaway as soon as you see it

If people use bring/brought instead of take/took I know they might be Irish but mostly they don't know that it's wrong as there can't be that many Irish posters

Like you I've never heard brought/bought mixed up in ral life but the posters means took

That's a different issue though. I think @Oakbeam was referring to using brought instead of took.

There are some very distinctive Scottishisms I always notice. And Yorkshire ones always make me smile because they remind me of DP before he was assimilated into the South....

I'm Irish and can't think any other way to say this. What do other people say instead of brought in this scenario? Took?

Yes, took is the correct word

I've only seen the "needs washed" etc turn of phrase on MN. I've never heard anyone speak like that irl and have always wondered if it was regional.

There is a very specific use of the word 'sure' which Irish people use. It tends to be at the start of a sentence and has a significance that I can't really explain. There is an element of cynicism, and the rest of the sentence tends to have some kind of information that hovers between saying something contrary to the theme of the conversation but also with an aspect of sarcasm mixed with 'but'.

Sure I'm only the dogsbody anyway (sarcastic reference to a previous comment or implication).

Sure it was lashing! How were you supposed to have a barbecue in that weather, would you mind telling me? (Contrary to the expectation that someone should have had a barbecue despite the rain).

Sure could Mrs Bigshot herself not have sorted it? (Cynical as to whether Mrs Bigshot actually has any real power, presumably in spite of Mrs B's assertions that she's the Girl Boss.

Not to be confused with 'sure' meaning 'ok' or 'yes'. Pronounced slightly differently to conventional sure. Less emphasis on u. More like shr.

When I see it written down, I know it!

Yes this! Outwith! Dead giveaway!

I think though linguistically 'brought' is fine in that example? It's from the verb 'to bring' and equivalent to the verb 'to take'?

@Shayisgreat

Yes, generally if you are still at the place you are referring to you would say brought.

If you are no longer there you would say took.

I brought them here

Vs

I took them there.

I have noticed some people say brought instead of took, but never associated it with being Irish.

The bought/brought thing stands out much more but never knew what region it is.

People that say "stop" for staying, eg "are you stopping for tea?" I always assume Yorkshire.

I know people from the NE and lots from the SE that say this. Used all over I'd say

And here we go. Didn't take long.
Shall we try (for once) to avoid notions of "correct" with the inference that everyone who doesn't speak like you are therefore "wrong"?

Sometimes, especially in the education threads. England and Wales do GCSEs and A levels, Scotland does highers and advanced highers, Wales still does AS levels.

Also on weather threads, especially on the "I hate summer" threads as those posters usually live in London or the South East and never in Scotland

I always know someone is English if they write "I was sat/stood there"