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| anamsc2 Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 4337 days ago 85 posts - 186 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Catalan, German Studies: French | Message 41 of 46 09 January 2014 at 2:59am | IP Logged | ||
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This was extremely accurate for me, which I guess I shouldn't be surprised about, considering that my parents and grandparents are from my state and that I have only lived here or abroad.
Actually, it got my parents and siblings so accurately (we were all doing it at my parents' house over Christmas), that I wondered for a second whether it was based on IP address! I'm surprised that at the end they didn't then ask us where we are actually from. That could have been a cool way to continue learning from the tons and tons of data that they must be getting from people taking the quiz. (Although there might be issues with people being untruthful.) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5113 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 42 of 46 14 January 2014 at 11:59am | IP Logged | ||
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The first time I tried it, I got a skewed result because because I was answering "I have
never heard of such a thing" on so many of the vocab questions. The second time around, I cheated a little and tried to find a likely answer to some of these questions (this site has the entire survey and has actually been a fun learning tool for me for the last fifteen minutes). I got a lot of dark red in California and New England, which makes sense since I learned my English from Hollywood and I lived in Connecticut for a short while, though I doubt I was there long enough to pick up much of an accent. I agree with some other users that a phonetics-based test would be more useful to non- Americans. Usually when I take one of those, it tells me I have a neutral accent and probably don't have a strong regional identity. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kman543210 Diglot Newbie United States Joined 4442 days ago 26 posts - 73 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, German | Message 43 of 46 14 January 2014 at 5:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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This was pretty accurate for me. It gave me 3 cities: Portland (OR), Tacoma (WA), or Spokane (WA). I was born and raised in Portland, OR, as was my mom, and my dad grew up mostly in Tacoma, WA until he moved down to Portland, OR at 16. Some of the questions I wasn't too sure about because sometimes I alternate between words. For example, growing up I almost exclusively used "pop" and "potato bug", but as I got older and heard "soda" and "pill bug", I would sometimes use those words (I answered with the words I used as a kid). Other words like "kitty-corner", I hear those all the time but would never actually use them (I answered diagonal). I was surprised that they didn't ask what I called something you push around at the grocery store ("shopping cart" for me). Edited by kman543210 on 14 January 2014 at 5:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tristano Tetraglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 3825 days ago 905 posts - 1262 votes Speaks: Italian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: Dutch | Message 44 of 46 18 January 2014 at 7:42pm | IP Logged | ||
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Apparently my dialect is most similar to the one talked in New York, that can have sense because I learned English
through TV Series. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| boon Diglot Groupie Ireland Joined 5937 days ago 91 posts - 177 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Mandarin, Latin | Message 45 of 46 21 January 2014 at 10:53am | IP Logged | ||
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Providence, Jersey city and... Honolulu. The last one was a bit of a surprise.
Edited by boon on 21 January 2014 at 10:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| boon Diglot Groupie Ireland Joined 5937 days ago 91 posts - 177 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Mandarin, Latin | Message 46 of 46 21 January 2014 at 10:58am | IP Logged | ||
I got Providence, New Jersey City and Honolulu. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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