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

[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.