Author Topic: Guess the dialect (Read 1946 times)

Jonathon · « **on:** January 19, 2006, 10:55:47 PM »

I just found this nifty little quiz. It was actually harder than I thought. I put a lot of them in an adjacent dialect.

pooka · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2006, 07:08:32 AM »

If I'd know the one sentence began with "bob" and not "I", that might have altered my answers. I think I only got 2 right.

Teshi · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2006, 08:52:52 AM »

I got one right, one of the southern ones, but other than that one, they all sound the same!

(to me)

Brinestone · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2006, 07:29:55 AM »

I missed four. I'm with pooka on the "Bob" one; I had no idea what she was saying except that "jackknife" was in there somewhere. The one that was supposed to be Midwestern sounded distinctly mid-Atlantic to me (especially her pronunciation of pool), but maybe I'm crazy.

At any rate, I missed A, C, G, and I. I got both Western ones and both Southern ones (yay!) and one in each of the other categories.

sarcasticmuppet · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2006, 07:57:58 AM »

I got the southern ones right, and was dead wrong on the western ones. I thought the 'car' was 'cow'. Total, I got five right. D, K, B, H, and I.

Jonathon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:10:00 AM »

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I missed four. I'm with pooka on the "Bob" one; I had no idea what she was saying except that "jackknife" was in there somewhere.

"Bob was cut by the jackknife's blade."

Brinestone · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2006, 09:32:21 AM »

What an odd sentence. If I had known she was saying "Bob," it would have been immediately obvious that she was northeastern.

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2006, 12:50:53 PM »

I got three right.

Brinestone · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2006, 01:01:09 PM »

How many did you miss the first time, Jonathon?

Jonathon · « **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2006, 01:03:18 PM »

Four or five, I think.

saxon75 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 17, 2006, 02:25:55 PM »

That makes me feel so good about myself!

<--- missed 4

Mr. Anderson · « **Reply #11 on:** February 17, 2006, 03:13:49 PM »

*awards a trophy*

Bok · « **Reply #12 on:** February 17, 2006, 05:08:18 PM »

I got one right in each section.

-Bok