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Can they figure out where you're from, just by using your dialect?
« on: Yesterday at 14:37:53 »
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html

They were a bit out, with mine. Possibly coz I've moved about, a bit.
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Re: Can they figure out where you're from, just by using your dialect?
« Reply #1 on: Yesterday at 15:47:23 »
Pretty accurate for me , has me down for Lancashire which is right
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Re: Can they figure out where you're from, just by using your dialect?
« Reply #2 on: Yesterday at 16:38:25 »
Got me right too.
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Re: Can they figure out where you're from, just by using your dialect?
« Reply #3 on: Today at 10:02:23 »
Gave me Manchester which isn't far off. Plus my dad was from Manchester so I suppose I use a lot of his dialect.
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Re: Can they figure out where you're from, just by using your dialect?
« Reply #4 on: Today at 15:21:14 »
Fairly close for me, and I thought I spoke tidy
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Re: Can they figure out where you're from, just by using your dialect?
« Reply #5 on: Today at 15:23:23 »
Quote from: Lisa on Today at 15:21:14
Fairly close for me, and I thought I spoke tidy

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Re: Can they figure out where you're from, just by using your dialect?
« Reply #6 on: Today at 16:59:50 »
Had me down for most of Wales.
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