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profuseponderings:

What countries have most influenced the way you speak? Take this test designed by MIT researchers and find out.

Take this test, guys! It determines what dialect you speak (if your native language is English) and which country you are from (if English isn’t your first language!). 

It is an algorithm which maps out the differences in English grammar around the world. 

theheroheart:

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. Russian
3. Dutch

Interestingly, I’m Norwegian, I always use British spellings and words, but standard American is probably what’s affected me most.

willowrosenberq:

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. South African
2. Australian
3. English (UK)

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. Finnish
3. Russian

…HUH. Wasn’t expecting that at all.

laangol:

Cool!!!

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. English (UK)
2. Singaporean
3. Australian

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. Italian
2. Finnish
3. Spanish

littleleofitz:

Haahaa this is awesome.

top guesses for your English dialect:

1. Scottish (UK)
2. Irish (Southern)
3. Australian

Top guesses for your native (first language) a complete fail lol

1. Portuguese
2. English
3. Finnish

ftchocoholic:

Well, it was accurate for me xD. Although Finnish does seem like a rather random second guess for a native first language…

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. English (UK)
2. Scottish (UK)
3. Irish (Southern) 

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:

1. English
2. Finnish
3. Russian 

 

karalianne:

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. Canadian
2. American (Standard)
3. Australian

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:

1. English
2. Dutch
3. German

I’m Canadian, so that’s pretty good. I find the Australian bit funny. Not sure why Dutch and German? Maybe because where we lived for grades 6-12 has way more Dutch people than anywhere else I’ve lived and my French teachers in high school were Dutch and German…? No idea. My family is UK for the most part. Mom’s parents came to Canada, Dad’s family was here for generations but came from the UK originally.

youneedacat:

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. New Zealand
2. Scottish (UK)
3. South African

 

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language: 

1. Russian
2. English
3. Spanish

Um… I’m from California, the only language my family spoke besides English was Swedish, and the dialects of English my family spoke were generally Southern (Okie/Arkie).  So no idea how that works.

slepaulica:

I think it works based partially on how many people with your dialect have contributed. If there haven’t been too many with your dialect it won’t know it and won’t guess it right. Also, I think it might be on a country-level, not a within-country level, because it doesn’t seem to be making guesses like “california english” but just “united states english” or “scottish english”.

It’s possible that some of the ways you talk in your dialect of English was influenced by immigrants from one place or another, or that the rules for speaking your dialect are similar to the rules for speaking some other type english.

also for the “ntaive language” part it seems to be making guesses based on major world languages that lots of people speak. Like guessing Finnish instead of Udmurt or guessing Russian instead of Sorbian. :)

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Scottish (UK)
2. Australian
3. Canadian

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. Russian
2. English
3. Spanish

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. American (Standard)
2. Australian
3. Singaporean

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. German
3. Dutch

I wonder how you tell whether someone is speaking Singaporean English.

I forgot to mention this in their own comment box, but it would be nice if they told you how good a match it is. Like, German’s the second guess for my native tongue, but how distant a second?

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