JFSOCC Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Our top three guesses for your English dialect: 1. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics 2. American (Standard) 3. Singaporean Our top three guesses for your native (first) language: 1. English 2. Dutch 3. Romanian Close enough (Dutch, but I do believe I speak English better than Dutch by now.) Remember: Argue the point, not the person. Remain polite and constructive. Friendly forums have friendly debate. There's no shame in being wrong. If you don't have something to add, don't post for the sake of it. And don't be afraid to post thoughts you are uncertain about, that's what discussion is for.---Pet threads, everyone has them. I love imagining Gods, Monsters, Factions and Weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I have issues with some of the questions We did go the beach That's not actually incorrect, if you weren't able to say 'We went to the beach' it is, but in a different context it would be fine. Does the test actually tell you at any point that it's incorrect? I saw no grading of any of the actual individual answers. I do agree that it's a valid sentence though, particularly if it's in response to the question "Did you end up going to the beach today, or did you go somewhere else?" "We *did* go to the beach, and it was lovely". L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) Chillin' Edited June 3, 2014 by Keyrock RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Our top three guesses for your English dialect: 1. American (Standard) 2. Canadian 3. Singaporean Our top three guesses for your native (first) language: 1. English 2. Swedish 3. Norwegian I got the same thing. We are language bros. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Here's somebody who groks parallel processing... 1 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I have issues with some of the questions We did go the beach That's not actually incorrect, if you weren't able to say 'We went to the beach' it is, but in a different context it would be fine. Does the test actually tell you at any point that it's incorrect? I saw no grading of any of the actual individual answers. I do agree that it's a valid sentence though, particularly if it's in response to the question "Did you end up going to the beach today, or did you go somewhere else?" "We *did* go to the beach, and it was lovely". Note the sentence does not have a "to" in it. We did go the beach We did go to the beach I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Teaches me to do exams at 1am. Although I'm loathe to go back and check the actual test because I gather this is for genuine research rather than for amusement. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amentep Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Its easy to miss, unfortunately. In my experience, just like when you drop certain vowels the reader can still read the sentence, dropping prepositions can lead to a person reading the sentence and mentally inserting the correct preposition into the phrase. I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadedWolf Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Dialect guesses: 1. Australian 2. South African 3. Canadian Top three guesses for native language: 1. English 2. Dutch 3. Canadian The funny thing is that I've barely had any exposure to any of the dialects the quiz suggests. But my English is a hodgepodge, that's what you get when you learn the English language as a second language while exposed to a mixture of American and British television and education in British English with fellow pupils who all preferred to speak American English. I try to keep to British English as much as possible but with so much exposure to American English it's damn impossible not to be influenced by it. ... Also, what language is Canadian? Is that what Inuit speak? 1 Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I went back to check, and yeah, the statement as quoted is, erm, correctly incorrect. I had to do the bloody thing twice because the test lacks a simple 'back' button, urgh. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgon Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I have issues with some of the questions We did go the beach That's not actually incorrect, if you weren't able to say 'We went to the beach' it is, but in a different context it would be fine. Does the test actually tell you at any point that it's incorrect? I saw no grading of any of the actual individual answers. I do agree that it's a valid sentence though, particularly if it's in response to the question "Did you end up going to the beach today, or did you go somewhere else?" "We *did* go to the beach, and it was lovely". Note the sentence does not have a "to" in it. We did go the beach We did go to the beach Makes sense, we don't actually read by looking at the order the letters appear in but recognise groups of meaning and quickly move on to the next thing. Possible flaw with the methodology as the same mistake would almost certainly have been caught if we were hearing it rather than reading. Na na na na na na ... greg358 from Darksouls 3 PVP is a CHEATER. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 It could be the opposite: perhaps they've taken into account that tendency and therefore increase your "native English speaker" weighting when you make that kind of mistake. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshugger Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 pfft, it thought that i was singaporean or welch. "Some men see things as they are and say why?""I dream things that never were and say why not?"- George Bernard Shaw"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man."- Friedrich Nietzsche "The amount of energy necessary to refute bull**** is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it." - Some guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) Our top three guesses for your English dialect: 1. South African2. Canadian3. New Zealand Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:1. English2. Dutch3. Norwegian Interesting. Edited June 3, 2014 by Malcador Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Star Trek Stabilised... What it actually looks like when the camera isn't shaking... http://youtu.be/5nKDQBwpCJg 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Dives worthy of South American football. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Star Trek Stabilised... What it actually looks like when the camera isn't shaking... http://youtu.be/5nKDQBwpCJg I'm not sure I will ever tire of Turn Down for What parodies. 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndiraLightfoot Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) Our top three guesses for your English dialect: 1. Australian 2. Welsh (UK) 3. Singaporean Surprisingly correct! I do not speak any kind of American dialect (but I can pretty easily slip into one, and most of those American accents, they offer a very comfy pronunciation. You can almost clinch your teeth while doing it.) Our top three guesses for your native (first) language: 1. English 2. Norwegian 3. Swedish Well, almost. You have to turn this upside down, and then insert German in the middle, and then it would be correct. Edited June 3, 2014 by IndiraLightfoot *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarex Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Dialect: 1. American (Standard)2. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics3. Singaporean First Language 1. English 2. Dutch3. Norwegian Heh, engrish gud. "because they filled mommy with enough mythic power to become a demi-god" - KP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 For the kittens.. 3 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbjerg Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Best way to deal with a wild douche. Edit: In response to kirottu, for those who don't know the awesomeness that is "Snackman" 2 Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Snack Man is still better superhero than Subway Man. 1 This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrashMan Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) Edited June 4, 2014 by TrashMan * YOU ARE A WRONGULARITY FROM WHICH NO RIGHT CAN ESCAPE! *Chuck Norris was wrong once - He thought HE made a mistake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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