I am NOT a Native Singaporean

[elrhiarhodan]

Because I am a sheep (with a most luxurious fleece and outrageously long eyelashes), I needed to take the "What English Are You" quiz that my most lovely enabler, sinfulslasher mentioned on her LJ.

It seems that I am actually a native Singaporean. Or an Australian. Or maybe Welsh. Definitely NOT a Native New Yorker. Heaven forbid!



See how messed up the quiz is when you take it!

Comments

[dragonfly]

They got me right.

1. American (Standard) -- correct
2. Canadian -- not so far off
3. American Black Vernacular -- ethnically wrong, but still the right region

[riverotter1951.livejournal.com]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:?

1. American (Standard)
2. Canadian
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:?

1. English
2. Vietnamese
3. Dutch

Native Californian so fairly accurate.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Welsh (UK)
2. English (England)
3. Singaporean
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Swedish

It's the fault of all those British podcasts I listen to, I'm sure. There are constructions I accept as grammatical even though I don't use them myself. At least, I've gotten used to hearing "They agreed a truce" instead of "They agreed to a truce."

I'm pleased to be suspected of being Welsh.

[maiac.livejournal.com]

I just took the quiz again, and only selected answers that are correct in my own dialect (i.e. omitted constructions that I've heard from British-English speakers. This time:

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. American (Standard)
2. Singaporean
3. Australian
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Swedish

Now I'm wondering whether "Canadian" is one of the dialects the test detects. The grammar is similar to American Standard (in my experience, which is limited to Ontario), but certain word choices are different.

[ultracape.livejournal.com]

Top three guesses for English Dialect
American standard
Singaporean
Norweagian

Top three gueses for native language
English
German
Swedish

[marieincolour.livejournal.com]

I think it struggles when your native language is English, because most of my Norwegian friends took it, posted it to facebook, and commented on how it was so scarily accurate and whatever.

It guessed I had a Welsh, English or South African dialect, but it also guessed that I was either English, Norwegian or Swedish, so. *shrug* I think it did pretty well.

[dizzydrea.livejournal.com]

Well, that was interesting. It guessed that my English dialect was either American (correct), US Black Vernacular/Ebonics (huh?), or South African (double huh?).

Top three guesses for my native language were English, Norwegian and Dutch. Really?

I know my English isn't quite American standard all the time; I tend to be a bit of a mimic, incorporating bits and pieces of other dialects when they appeal to me. There are times when I sound more British than American because of all the British tv and books/fanfiction I consume. But some of that was just baffling... Ebonics, really? I'm not even black, nor do I live in the inner city.

If nothing else, it was an entertaining way to start the day.

[joy2190.livejournal.com]

My native English/English appears to have morphed into Canadian/English. I guess that's what 14 years in the States will do to a gal!

+ x 14y =

or more accurately, as we're now vegetarian...

- =

[ultracape.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on Morningstar. Like it better than pig.

[ladyrose42.livejournal.com]

Interesting quiz
English Dialect:
1) Canadian
2)American Standard (not the toilet)
3)US Black/Eubonics
Native Language
1)English
2)Norwegian
3)Dutch

Kinda of wonder if the Dutch influence comes from NYC or PA Dutch/Amish

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I suspect the Dutch influence simply means you have good grammar skills. Those were the same "Native Language" guesses I got, and I'm from the West Coast. ;)

[elainasaunt.livejournal.com]

Well, that was bizarre. Fun, but bizarre.
Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Australian
2. Singaporean
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch

[7fruitdrop7.livejournal.com]

Singaporean, American (Standard), Italian.

Vietnamese, English, Swedish.

Native language is German, though. Don't know how I made all these Asian dialects. Would have thought the algorithm would be more accurate than with other languages, seeing as German and English are very closely related. Huh.

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

In a word, Wortstellung.

It's what trips up English speakers in speaking German, and probably goes the other way as well.

To paraphrase one of my German teachers, you COULD say something a certain way (and not have it be technically incorrect)... but nobody does. English is the same!

[hawk-soaring.livejournal.com]

LOL I got American \o/, Canadian \o/, and Ebonics. :P

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

Heee, interesting.

1) Singaporean
2) American (standart)
3) US Black Vernacular/Ebonics

Native language guess:
1) Romanian
2) Greek
3) English
Ummm, not even one slavic language? I'd understand Slovakian, Polish or even Croatian or something... but seriously - Romanian and Greek???

Huh.

[sheenianni.livejournal.com]

On a second try, I replaced Ebonics with Australian, and my native language is 1) English, 2) Vietnamese, 3) Italian.

But really - what did happen to all Slavic languages? (I'm Czech.)

[nywcgirl]

1. Singaporean
2. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
3. South African
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:?

1. English
2. German
3. Dutch

Native Belgian, so dutch and I guess German is very linear to dutch, so it is fairly accurate, except for the accent... Singaporean????

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I got American (Standard) English as #1, and "English" as my native language, none of which surprised me.

The only surprise was that choices #2 and #3 were not ALSO American (Standard) English. :D

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:?
1. American (Standard)
2. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
3. Canadian
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:?
1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch

What's funny is that the Dutch often have more accurate English grammar than many native American speakers, so I can understand that as a possibility. The Norwegian, though?

Native Oregonian, now living in California, where the dialect and deviation from American Standard are about as minimal as it gets.

[ladygray99]

I got American standard, Canadian, New Zealandish.

Raised in California, Canadian grandparents, almost a decade living in New Zealand.