Hojsimpson
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Hojsimpson
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There is not.
It always surprises me when foreigners who've grown up in their countries know perfect English. Heck, you're better than me.
How is your spoken English? Do you have an accent?
Oregon Lee
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Leoreth, take this quiz
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html
and we can guess what kind of an accent you have.
It's a really fun quiz. I got north northwest US dialect. Which makes sense.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html
and we can guess what kind of an accent you have.
It's a really fun quiz. I got north northwest US dialect. Which makes sense.
I got this. Maybe it's my mother's influence that I'm so New Englandy, because I've never lived there.
That's mine.
I don't think it means a lot though, because unfortunately the quiz was focusing more on vocabulary and therefore is better to determine a dialect than an accent. I don't really think that I have a specific dialect, but I still have an accent. It was also limited the US which is another reason. For think for some reason I sound more British.
I don't think it means a lot though, because unfortunately the quiz was focusing more on vocabulary and therefore is better to determine a dialect than an accent. I don't really think that I have a specific dialect, but I still have an accent. It was also limited the US which is another reason. For think for some reason I sound more British.
Red Boxer
Prince
Kind of interesting to see where non-Americans would fall in terms of dialect.
Do you live in Germany? You certainly sound like you learned British English when using phrases like "Estuary," which I had to look up.
New commit:
- fixed automatic connection of small islands to the trade network
- the British isles are a separate continent from Europe again
- the Trans-Siberian Railway is now part of the first Russian UHV goal
I would've preferred more questions along the lines of "do you say been as in bin or as in bee?".
Maybe it's because many musicians and bands I like are British? I don't know.
- fixed automatic connection of small islands to the trade network
- the British isles are a separate continent from Europe again
- the Trans-Siberian Railway is now part of the first Russian UHV goal
As I said, probably nowhere really (except for the accent part of a dialect). The "what do you call X" questions didn't really apply to me because either the concept is so narrow that I don't know the specific word for it, or I use all the terms interchangeably.
I would've preferred more questions along the lines of "do you say been as in bin or as in bee?".
I do. And I used the word Estuary because that's what I've been told my accent sounds like (although I knew what an estuary is).
Maybe it's because many musicians and bands I like are British? I don't know.
Oregon Lee
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The thing that irked me was "what do you call something that carries freight on a highway. Examples... rig, eighteen wheeler, semi, semi truck, etc..."
I call them freight trucks. I seem to be the only person in the world who does. They are trucks that carry freight.
I call them freight trucks. I seem to be the only person in the world who does. They are trucks that carry freight.
I think British English is typically taught in schools in Europe, so I would expect most Europeans who didn't go to the US/Canada/Australia to learn English at some point to speak English closest to British English. My understanding is that Estuary English is considered closest to "proper" in England (though of course what is "proper" is going to be controversial and laden with class overtones as well--it is England), so I would expect that to be the accent/dialect used in teaching English on the Continent.
Tomorrow's Dawn
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So invading them as France/Vikings won't count for the respective goals?
(40% of Europe & raze 1 European Core)
It's true that officially Oxford English is taught in German schools, but in practice you'll hear whatever accent your teacher grew into.
In my case it's not very relevant anyway. My practiced English was rather bad while I was in school.
In my case it's not very relevant anyway. My practiced English was rather bad while I was in school.
