Where are you from, a fun quiz based on dialect

[Moulin Yarns]

Did this last night and it got me right. It would be interesting to find out how good it is for those not from Edinburgh

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

[s.a.m]

I've been in Edinburgh for about 30 years in total, but it tracked me down to Ayrshire (where I grew up) and Argyll. I did the extended version, which narrowed it down a bit - and by that time I'd realised you could make multiple answers to some of the questions. If I'd been paying more attention, I think it might have been even more specific.

[DaveF]

Nailed me as Edinburgh / Central Scotland though I veered off to Ireland with the scone answer!

[Curried]

Got me bang-on also. Moulin:-)

[s.a.m]

Unfortunately, they didn't include a "what do you call the tradition of chucking pennies out of the bridal car window" question...:bitchy: What a waste.

[stoneyburn hibs]

Did this last night and it got me right. It would be interesting to find out how good it is for those not from Edinburgh

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

The thing I found most interesting was that a few of the words are what West Lothian folk use, yet not Edinburghers.

One example: Baffies, never ever heard of that word until I met my wife. And yet in the beginning we weren't even 15 miles apart.

[James310]

The thing I found most interesting was that a few of the words are what West Lothian folk use, yet not Edinburghers.

One example: Baffies, never ever heard of that word until I met my wife. And yet in the beginning we weren't even 15 miles apart.

And what is a baffie?

[s.a.m]

And what is a baffie?

Baffies are slippers. I don't know if I know this because it was said where I grew up, or because Granpaw wears them in The Broons.

[SHODAN]

Apparently I'm from Lothian, Perthshire or Aberdeenshire - all wrong, I'm actually from Angus (which was extremely light on the map), though by Mum is from Lothian so may have influenced the results a bit.

[Sir David Gray]

Dundee and Ayr for me which isn't even remotely close.

[lapsedhibee]

Unfortunately, they didn't include a "what do you call the tradition of chucking pennies out of the bridal car window" question...:bitchy: What a waste.

Also, included "hen" as an option for referring to a friend. Disgrace.

I got 75/96 right.

[Scouse Hibee]

Liverpool spot on for me.

[heretoday]

Edinburgh, Inverness or Dumfries. Fair enough.

[Moulin Yarns]

Liverpool spot on for me.

:thumbsup: I was hoping some of our 'further away' folks would try it. I think it has shown that there's an influence from parents as well. I grew up in Edinburgh but with Fife parents and grandparents (please don't judge :wink: ) Now in Perthshire and there are some things I'd never heard before moving here.

[Bangkok Hibby]

I'm from Edinburgh and it came up with Edinburgh, Dundee and Wick. Maybe, as before I emigrated I gradually moved North

[Hibbyradge]

Unfortunately, they didn't include a "what do you call the tradition of chucking pennies out of the bridal car window" question...:bitchy: What a waste.

😂👍

[Peevemor]

Dundee and Ayr for me which isn't even remotely close.I got Dundee and Ayr too.

Although my dad was from Edinburgh, my Mum was from Forres and I had a lot of family in Kirkcudbright so I probably picked up words/expressions that screwed up the results a bit.

[jonty]

Fife/Edinburgh/Borders which was accurate.
Some Tayside which was a bit worrying but to be fair I worked there for a while.

[Pete]

Initially it gave me Edinburgh/Dundee/Aberdeen but after answering all the additional questions it was fairly accurate: Edinburgh/Fife.

Braw wee quiz.

[Colr]

Did much of my growing up in Edinburgh and that’s where it placed me. Not bad as I’ve lived in Glasgow, Manchester, Yorkshire and, for the last 20 years, London.

Got Mrs Colr right as well

[DH1875]

I got Dundee and Ayr too.

Although my dad was from Edinburgh, my Mum was from Forres and I had a lot of family in Kirkcudbright so I probably picked up words/expressions that screwed up the results a bit.

I'm from somewhere between Dundee and Ayr too so suppose its not wrong :greengrin

[Tornadoes70]

Between Edinburgh and the Grampians.There are key words involved that narrow the field down significantly though but nether the less an interesting subject matter.

Mon the Cabbage!!!

:flag:

[NAE NOOKIE]

Got me as being from the Borders and between Edinburgh and Perth sort of ish. :greengrin

[beensaidbefore]

Quite accurate. Got my Mrs spot on, and me fairly close. Think I ticked too many and should have went with instinct.

[Pretty Boy]

Nailed it for me. Edinburgh and parts of the rest of the east of Scotland.

[hibs#1]

A lot of Ayrshire and some central Scotland.

I've lived in Stirling all my life so central part is spot on the Ayrshire bit is a bit weird though.

Accents have always fascinated me find it strange how people speaking the same language sound so differently.

Obviously all English speakers have different accents across the world do Spanish, French, German etc have different accents? My foreign language skills are atrocious so I don't understand them so wouldn't notice the difference.

[LancashireHibby]

Manchester. Can’t argue over 13 miles I suppose, and the accents around here are ridiculously varied.

[JeMeSouviens]

The questions where words rhyme or not are weird. Who rhymes "door" and "poor"? How can "fool" and "full" sound different? :confused:

[makaveli1875]

The questions where words rhyme or not are weird. Who rhymes "door" and "poor"? How can "fool" and "full" sound different? :confused:

Some people say full to rhyme with fool some say it so it would rhyme with dull

[lapsedhibee]

The questions where words rhyme or not are weird. Who rhymes "door" and "poor"? How can "fool" and "full" sound different? :confused:
Swathes of Englandland. Door, poor, pour, paw, awmuchra same.

[s.a.m]

The questions where words rhyme or not are weird. Who rhymes "door" and "poor"? How can "fool" and "full" sound different? :confused:

When my daughters were in primary school and doing homonyms homework, they were often left struggling for an answer - as were we - until it registered that you had to say the word as if you were Joanna Lumley. It's the same with pronunciation guides in bilingual dictionaries. Some of the phonetics for English words look mad, until you try it as if you're from the Home Counties.

So put on a tiara, imagine you're the Queen, and say 'poor' and 'last' and 'hat'.... :greengrin

[Newry Hibs]

Got me correctly in Luton


Also Fool takes just a bit longer to say than Full. Almost like there's a an extra couple of 'O's