exile Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Answer questions about how you say things, and it can guess where you're from! Covers dialects all over Britain and Ireland https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html It works great (or, pure dead brilliant, depending where you're from!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eisegerwind Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, exile said: Answer questions about how you say things, and it can guess where you're from! Covers dialects all over Britain and Ireland https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/15/upshot/british-irish-dialect-quiz.html It works great (or, pure dead brilliant, depending where you're from!) The question I found most interesting was something about 'taking a break from a game or similair' and they listed 'barley' as an option. It was the term that was used when I was a child, ie when peeps got called in for dinner the game would be temporarily stopped by shouting 'caw it barley (borley)'. Was this a common expression? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I gave up as they didn’t have pished as a word for being drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Never heard of barley. The map immediately after answering that would have given the locale. Can't remember if it let you add pished for yourself. I added a couple of my own. Does nobody else joogle their wulkies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Despite how posh I pretend to be my brown zone was firmly in Glasgow, even browner than the shite I talk 🙁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonzo Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 34 minutes ago, Grim Jim said: Never heard of barley. The map immediately after answering that would have given the locale. Can't remember if it let you add pished for yourself. I added a couple of my own. Does nobody else joogle their wulkies? We tumilt oor wulkies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, DoonTheSlope said: I gave up as they didn’t have pished as a word for being drunk I'm pretty sure it's there. I tried the test again on a different computer. I think the questions are in a different order but the answers are the same choices, but presented in a different order. Pished was there! You can also add your own suggestions, and in some cases can skip without answering. Some of the questions, you have to answer a definite answer though - like tea, dinner or supper. Edited February 17, 2019 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lairdyfaeinverclyde Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 Work in Glasgow and get pelters from my colleagues when i say a "a roll and slice" and at Halloween when i say "Galoshins" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 7 hours ago, DoonTheSlope said: I gave up as they didn’t have pished as a word for being drunk they do now, i just done it and pished was in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 I had a go at it & gave some answers I knew were pretty specific to round here but it still decided I was from somewhere between Stoke & Cumbria. I was hoping for at least my street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 In which part of the UK can "put" possibly rhyme with "but"? Can't believe "rubbered" wasn't in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Orraloon said: In which part of the UK can "put" possibly rhyme with "but"? Can't believe "rubbered" wasn't in there. I wondered about that, but thought maybe Northern Ireland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Orraloon said: In which part of the UK can "put" possibly rhyme with "but"? Can't believe "rubbered" wasn't in there. poot boot north of England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Orraloon said: In which part of the UK can "put" possibly rhyme with "but"? Can't believe "rubbered" wasn't in there. Birmingham ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Full and fool, they sound exactly the same to me, I cant think how they couldnt sound the same, same for food and good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Food and good in Scouse ? Full and fool posh royalty English ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 5 hours ago, Orraloon said: In which part of the UK can "put" possibly rhyme with "but"? Can't believe "rubbered" wasn't in there. Geordie. Paul Gascoigne : ‘ boot me laud, it wisna mi ! ah put me fishin road and me chikin in me bag. Ok ok I need to work on my accents , boot can ye see what i mean ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Orraloon said: In which part of the UK can "put" possibly rhyme with "but"? Can't believe "rubbered" wasn't in there. I think Lancashire, they say but like put. One I liked was when it says do you pronounce a word with an 'a' as in apple or as in father? Like (a) apple (b) father, (c) WTF, the a in apple and father is the same FFS! I think they missed 'blootered' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDYER63 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, exile said: I think Lancashire, they say but like put. One I liked was when it says do you pronounce a word with an 'a' as in apple or as in father? Like (a) apple (b) father, (c) WTF, the a in apple and father is the same FFS! I think they missed 'blootered' Posh folk say fother , not father. And they would say Epple not Apple or Opple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 My grampa would have said "faither", but would also have said "aipple", so they were still the same. Come to think of it, my mum laughed at me when I was wee for referring to my Scots gran and my English gran. One side spoke Scots and the other English with a Scots accent. Turns out the latter were largely of Ulster-Scots descent (i.e. they came back here in 1800s) and my theory is they dropped their Irish and ended up speaking their version of received English. Even doon the mines. Or else that gran was just pan loaf 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow jock Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 My Parents always used to say "ben the room" "ben next door" etc etc, don't here it anymore, don't know it's origins or if it was just a Glasgow / West Of Scotland thing ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilser Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 On a related note, this is pretty good: https://youtu.be/-8mzWkuOxz8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Seen this on Twitter. You can tell the Ref's accent even without sound! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwng Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 7 hours ago, glasgow jock said: My Parents always used to say "ben the room" "ben next door" etc etc, don't here it anymore, don't know it's origins or if it was just a Glasgow / West Of Scotland thing ?? My mum was born and bred in Fife and she used to say “Ben the scullery”. I occasionally use it just to get a Wtf look from my kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Jim Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Ben the lobby from my grampa. I see that is now a TV production company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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