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The Great English Dialect Quiz

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The Great English Dialect Quiz

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timark_uk

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Re: The Great English Dialect Quiz

Dialect and accent are very different things.
Just saying.

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Mon Feb 17, 2014 1:01 am

hifidelity2

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Re: The Great English Dialect Quiz

Massively Midlands

But then I did spend 10 ish years in Birmingham and 5 years in Sheffield so i guess some of the words rubbed off

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Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:46 am

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Re: The Great English Dialect Quiz

I don't see how speaking English without colloquialisms makes everyone South East english.

Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:56 am

John_Vella

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Re: The Great English Dialect Quiz

You got: Spectacularly South-East

Nonsense, and only slightly amusing.

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Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:00 am

snowyweston

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Re: The Great English Dialect Quiz

Spectacularly South-East. And proud of it.

Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:50 pm

leeds_manc

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Re: The Great English Dialect Quiz

Now see thes nowt wrong we you gettin' South East lad, but ther's summat bloody up when t'internets sayin' we're all a bunch o' soft southern pansies.*

*This is 100% my genuine accent and I use it daily.

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Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:05 am

davrosG5

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Re: The Great English Dialect Quiz

Hmm, spectacularly south east. This strikes me as very odd as I'm from Glasgow and my grandparents on one side were Geordies so I put in a fair few Geordie phrases. Grrr.

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