Dialect test

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#1 Dialect test

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Try this - it is absolutely fascinating https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... -quiz.html

The maps it puts up after each question are so interesting. At the end, it'll put up another map guessing where you are from
I think this is fool-proof but could you just try it for me please? • There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t
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#2 Re: Dialect test

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Quite good, they gave "Definitely not from around here are you? Your answers were closer to the average person outside of Ireland and Britain than anywhere inside it."
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#3 Re: Dialect test

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Apparently I'm from a lot further south and also north west. Where I'm actually from originally is almost blank.
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#4 Re: Dialect test

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davidBAM wrote: Fri Feb 15, 2019 1:23 pm Try this - it is absolutely fascinating https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/201 ... -quiz.html

The maps it puts up after each question are so interesting. At the end, it'll put up another map guessing where you are from
I was not from around here, lol. I liked the test.
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