| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:01 - Feb 15 with 5596 views | Steve_M |
Mine was very similar, slightly more into West Suffolk than yours.
Although I also have the odd Northern word in my vocabulary that I picked up whilst at uni. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:04 - Feb 15 with 5582 views | Illinoisblue |
very similar to yours although Bournemouth was highlighted instead of Portsmouth |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:11 - Feb 15 with 5555 views | Lord_Lucan |
Apparently I am from Southend |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:14 - Feb 15 with 5543 views | Ftnfwest |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:04 - Feb 15 by Illinoisblue |
very similar to yours although Bournemouth was highlighted instead of Portsmouth |
the two main areas highlighted for me were luton/cambridge area (i am from cambridge) but then also dorset/kind of hampshire. So i can see a bit of a two area pattern here (hedging their bets) |  | | |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:17 - Feb 15 with 5531 views | PhilTWTD |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:01 - Feb 15 by Steve_M |
Mine was very similar, slightly more into West Suffolk than yours.
Although I also have the odd Northern word in my vocabulary that I picked up whilst at uni. |
I did wonder whether it might pick up some Hull-isms from my time living there but evidently not.
Having filled in the longer version it actually got less accurate. No connection with Bournemouth or St Peter Port and my familial link to Oxfordshire was about four generations ago, so not sure that would have much of an impact.
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:19 - Feb 15 with 5511 views | Kieran_Knows |
Mine was Oxford/Reading way on the first 25 questions. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:26 - Feb 15 with 5489 views | homer_123 |
Taunton, Peterboro and Gloucester
Which, I can safely say, is not where I have been brought up. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:26 - Feb 15 with 5490 views | Steve_M |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:17 - Feb 15 by PhilTWTD |
I did wonder whether it might pick up some Hull-isms from my time living there but evidently not.
Having filled in the longer version it actually got less accurate. No connection with Bournemouth or St Peter Port and my familial link to Oxfordshire was about four generations ago, so not sure that would have much of an impact.
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Some of those words - those for grandparents in particular - are less regional variations than inherited terms within families in my opinion.
Still, a worthwhile use of the working day. I'll go and look at the long version now. | |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:29 - Feb 15 with 5467 views | PhilTWTD |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:26 - Feb 15 by Steve_M |
Some of those words - those for grandparents in particular - are less regional variations than inherited terms within families in my opinion.
Still, a worthwhile use of the working day. I'll go and look at the long version now. |
Indeed, and class and ethnicity will come into it as well. | | | |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:31 - Feb 15 with 5462 views | Jeff_winger |
My map looks almost exactly the same as yours.
I have only ever lived in Suffolk and Northamptonshire (for 2 years) |  | | |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:45 - Feb 15 with 5430 views | Steve_M |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:29 - Feb 15 by PhilTWTD |
Indeed, and class and ethnicity will come into it as well. |
I'm far more East Anglian on that one! | |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 14:29 - Feb 15 with 5384 views | itfcjoe |
Very similar - I have Ipswich, Southend and Portsmouth though.
Did go to uni in Southampton so may explain Portsmouth |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 14:33 - Feb 15 with 5376 views | Ewan_Oozami |
Mine was a 'J' shape going from South London up into Essex and Suffolk. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 14:45 - Feb 15 with 5361 views | LeagueOne |
Mine was basically spot on aside from having no connection to Reading, my nan, however, was from Croydon.
Not sure which of these works as an image. Cun'Hadta werk et att din'i.
[Phil]I sorted it for you[/Phil]
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 14:49 - Feb 15 with 5352 views | TNBlue |
Quite accurate. Had me predominately from the North West but highlighted my time in East Yorkshire as well. Oddly, I seem to have picked up no "Southernisms" despite living here for 20 years! |  | | |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 15:12 - Feb 15 with 5304 views | Guthrum |
Accurately pinpointed me as coming from the planet Blargh. Either that, or the map wasn't working properly. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 15:17 - Feb 15 with 5285 views | Lesta_Tractor |
Glad to say the Lesta accent has rubbed off on me, Camb/Pboro... |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 15:27 - Feb 15 with 5264 views | artsbossbeard |
#metoo |  |
| Please note: prior to hitting the post button, I've double checked for anything that could be construed as "Anti Semitic" and to the best of my knowledge it isn't. Anything deemed to be of a Xenophobic nature is therefore purely accidental or down to your own misconstruing. | | Poll: | Raining in IP8 - shall I get the washing in? |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 15:27 - Feb 15 with 5260 views | Herbivore |
Mine won't show my map annoyingly. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 15:40 - Feb 15 with 5219 views | bluewein |
Born in Yeovil, so Taunton is pretty close.. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 15:42 - Feb 15 with 5216 views | unstableblue |
I was much more Portsmouth and Reading than East Anglia..... which is a shame. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 16:11 - Feb 15 with 5181 views | Pendejo |
London with hint of Wales? Feck knows where the Welsh bit comes from |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 16:16 - Feb 15 with 5171 views | Swansea_Blue |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 13:17 - Feb 15 by PhilTWTD |
I did wonder whether it might pick up some Hull-isms from my time living there but evidently not.
Having filled in the longer version it actually got less accurate. No connection with Bournemouth or St Peter Port and my familial link to Oxfordshire was about four generations ago, so not sure that would have much of an impact.
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I went the other way. Started of with Portsmouth and ended up split between Cambride & Brighton. Pretty tightly focussed on the SE which was a surprise as I’ve been on the West coast for over 20 yrs. |  |
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| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 16:22 - Feb 15 with 5160 views | DebsyAngel |
Cambridge/Southend! Interesting quiz that. |  | | |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 16:25 - Feb 15 with 5151 views | LeagueOne |
| New York Times British-Irish Dialect Quiz on 14:45 - Feb 15 by LeagueOne |
Mine was basically spot on aside from having no connection to Reading, my nan, however, was from Croydon.
Not sure which of these works as an image. Cun'Hadta werk et att din'i.
[Phil]I sorted it for you[/Phil]
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Many thanks, I am actually amazed it has got mine spot on. My Mrs is a Scot and often makes fun of my "Flemish" talk, especially when with my mates who all grew up with me in the same area, apparently, once we get going it can be indecipherable! | |
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