The British-Irish Dialect Quiz

[ZenGiraffe]

I’m pretty sure it’s a Glaswegian term.

Yeah, and make sure to pronounce it "coon-sul" for the full effect

 

[ILL ADVISED]

What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

 

[GNL]

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What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

Are you calling me irrelevant?

 

[Tisch]

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What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

A boring old alleyway, BUT I've taken to the term "twittern" which is a Brighton-only term as far as I know.

What does @GNL call them though that's the REAL question.

 

[ILL ADVISED]

Are you calling me irrelevant?

It’s a Manchester thing I guess then?

It’s a pretty horrible word to say. Ey up meet you up the ginnel for a fingerin and a pie butty

 

[ILL ADVISED]

A boring old alleyway, BUT I've taken to the term "twittern" which is a Brighton-only term as far as I know.

What does @GNL call them though that's the REAL question.

A Twittern? I like that even less than Ginnel

 

[GNL]

It’s a Manchester thing I guess then?

It’s a pretty horrible word to say. Ey up meet you up the ginnel for a fingerin and a pie butty

I love the concept of a pie butty. I love it even more having learned that in some corners they call it a WIGAN KEBAB

 

[ILL ADVISED]

I love the concept of a pie butty. I love it even more having learned that in some corners they call it a WIGAN KEBAB

It’s super northern to just put things on a butty though. Greggs sausage roll barm cake (not trying to start a bun, bap, cob row again)

 

[Tisch]

What does @COB call a cob though?

 

[ILL ADVISED]

Speaking of odd combos…….

This was my lunch today

 

[SystemAddict]

I answered with specific different region slang and made-up words and the quiz STILL returned a relatively close location so I suspect it is just using my phone’s GPS to work out where I am.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

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What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

That's a BACK ALLEY of a GAY TERRACE COMPLEX

 

[Indie]

 

[Indie]

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What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

I've heard of ginnel, but as far as i'm concerned it's a SNICKET

 

[RJN]

tbt to "gunny"

 

[Marina Salty]

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What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

alleyway

 

[Marina Salty]

What was the correct answer for the plimsolls?

 

[lolly]

I answered with specific different region slang and made-up words and the quiz STILL returned a relatively close location so I suspect it is just using my phone’s GPS to work out where I am.

I've tried that and it's given me totally different areas. And I believe in @Alex 's case at least he's posting from a different area than his result indicates.

It was the pronunciation ones I found a little confusing to answer - I had to say them out loud and then answered the way I think they should be said, not necessarily the way I do. Not that either is particularly 'correct'.

And I'm sure I'm not the only one who switches accent and pronunciation (and perhaps less likely to use local slang) depending the situation and who they are talking to.

 

[lolly]

What was the correct answer for the plimsolls?

For me, DAPS

 

[win_the_game]

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What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

A vennel

 

[floppet]

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What would you call this?

I would say Ginnel but no one has ever heard that

Technically that's called the backings because it's between the yards of two streets of terraced houses. A ginnel is a funny little path that cuts through from a street to a park for example.

 

[ILL ADVISED]

Technically that's called the backings because it's between the yards of two streets of terraced houses. A ginnel is a funny little path that cuts through from a street to a park for example.

I’ve never heard backings but I’d use Ginnel in both examples

 

[funky]

"Scottish" for me. Not particularly accurate given the variance between the West, East/South-East of the country.


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YOU’RE ALL THE SAME!

- Tory types

 

[funky]

So yeah I got Liverpool specifically but I think I was consciously answering what my region would say rather than what I would say, which is obviously now a mix of north and south.

 

[Marina Salty]

What about the chase game? Almost every answer seemed correct.

 

[Tisch]

What about the chase game? Almost every answer seemed correct.

"Had" down my way but I actually completely missed that answer first time I did it. My fault for thinking it was a good idea at 2am.

 

[Tisch]

"Had" down my way

Or "'ad" more often than not...

 

[GNL]

What about the chase game? Almost every answer seemed correct.

IT or TAG.

 

[RJN]

I did the US version and all it show is I'm really not from Michigan

 

[RJN]

IT or TAG.

I call it tag too. But when you get tagged you are “it”

 

[Marina Salty]

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I did the US version and all it show is I'm really not from Michigan

link?

Never mind, I found it. I hate the sweetened carbonated drink question, cause I don't call them any of that normally, gazeuse is so much more appropriate.

 

[jyxz]

Jersey City or the fabulously named Yonkers if I were a Yank

 

[RJN]

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Jersey City or the fabulously named Yonkers if I were a Yank

all I know about Yonkers is that it had/has a lot of racial tension

 

[Marina Salty]

 

[disneyteletubby]

Interesting quizzes I know this was nearly 2 months ago but I did take the British-Irish dialect quiz back then, and tried the American version today too:

I hadn't even heard of Saint Peter Port (in Guernsey) before this quiz, haha. I'm from the Midlands (I don't have a recognisable accent, but I like doing impressions;)

New York I was expecting - Honolulu, Hawaii is nice

I tried this shorter Beano quiz for British accents and got Brummie (Birmingham) which is a bit closer location-wise

Cor Blimey! Take This What British Accent Do You Have Quiz! | Beano.com

Hoots mon! Stahp clartin' aboot' and wrap your noggin round this ridiculous British accent quiz! *Cough! Cough!* Ahem.

www.beano.com

 

[Marina Salty]

Got the Brummie too, it must be broken.

 

[jyxz]

I got Brummie too

Yes it’s broken

 

[GNL]

all I know about Yonkers is that it had/has a lot of racial tension

Used in a sentence:

"Yonkers, Scoobs! There sure is a lot of racial tension here."

 

[big ron]

I did this earlier and forgot to screenshot after getting mad on a work call.

It was fucking spot on.

 

[auretz]

I’ve always kind of assumed my region doesn’t have a very distinctive dialect, but it got it exactly right (Bath being my nearest city)