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A funny American English quiz

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by chevalier, Jun 21, 2006.

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  1. Nakia

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    What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

    Too short, not enough variety. I also had a couple of questions that I really didn't have an answer for. Agree with Fel; an easy course would be 'an easy A'.
     
    Nakia, Jun 21, 2006
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  2. Harbourboy

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    Trainers? Now there's a word you only hear in Britain. Nobody else calls them trainers. I'd call them sneakers or running shoes.
     
    Harbourboy, Jun 21, 2006
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  3. Daie d'Malkin

    Daie d'Malkin Shoulda gone to Specsavers

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    Nakia, that depends upon the new slang words surely?

    I mean I'd call an easy course a 'skive', but last year it would have been a 'doss', and the year before that I'd have called it a piece of *urine*
     
    Daie d'Malkin, Jun 21, 2006
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    50% General American English

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    Bahir the Red, Jun 21, 2006
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  5. Mesmero

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    Route rhymes with boot; router sounds like outer (but with an r in front of it). I don't know why, but I use different sounds for these words.

    And I call an easy course a 'Micky Mouse Course', but that's just something I took from a teacher I had in my second year in college.
     
    Mesmero, Jun 21, 2006
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  6. dmc

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    I'm not sure where the Dixie question can be found or what Upper Midwestern means, but the rest makes sense given that I'm from NY and live in California.
     
    dmc, Jun 21, 2006
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    Hmmm:
    45% General American English
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    shadow lurker, Jun 22, 2006
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  8. Sir Belisarius

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    Sir Belisarius, Jun 22, 2006
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    "Minnesota" English. It means you speak english with a Scandinavian means of pronunciation while still using a midwestern word selection like "Pop".
     
    Ilmater's Suffering, Jun 22, 2006
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  10. Gnarfflinger

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    I'd have figured I'd have more Dixie seeing as I am a Redneck...
     
    Gnarfflinger, Jun 22, 2006
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  11. Arahar

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    This quiz was complete bull.

    Question 3 needed both since it depends on whether the bag is paper or the sack is plastic.

    Question 5 needs an all of the above due to Coke actually being a drink and depending on the mood I'm in I'll call it Soda or Pop or Soda Pop.

    Question 6 used to be a drinking fountain but is now a scuttlebutt.

    Question 8 What is a cruller?

    Question 9 should have had Cloverleaf as an answer.

    Question 10 is either an easy A or a bird course.

    Question 11 is it's raining.

    Question 12 is catty wompus.

    Question 14 I work out in shoes. Plain simple shoes.

    Question 19 is either depending on the way it is being used in the sentence.
     
    Arahar, Jun 22, 2006
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  12. Shell

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    And what the heck is a 'cruller' ?

    edit : according to an online dictionary -
     
    Shell, Jun 22, 2006
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  13. Sir Belisarius

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    You don't have crullers in the UK?!? Shocking, just plain shocking...
     
    Sir Belisarius, Jun 22, 2006
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  14. Barmy Army

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    Well, Arahar doesn't know them and he's from MT (whatever/wherever that is) in the USA.
     
    Barmy Army, Jun 22, 2006
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    Exactly the same as Dalveen
     
    Enagonios, Jun 22, 2006
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    Bah. BE all the way. :p
     
    Uytuun, Jun 22, 2006
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    Many southerners I've met use Coke to refer to all types of soda. Every Texan I've so far encountered refers to everything from grape pop to mountain dew as coke.
     
    Ilmater's Suffering, Jun 22, 2006
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  18. Barmy Army

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    Coke is a drug.
    Coca Cola is a drink.
     
    Barmy Army, Jun 22, 2006
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  19. T2Bruno

    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    T2Bruno, Jun 22, 2006
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    I think I can say I'm more bland than anyone else so far -- I got a 75% on General American English.
     
    Oaz, Jun 23, 2006
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