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Arthema wrote:
oh damn
sure thing

Gender: Female
age:  24
First language: Russian
Brief description of your english education: 12 years of mandatory school + 3 years of private tutoring before entering elementary.

 Answer the following (there are no right or wrong answers, if you don’t know or use either you may do so):
( a) When you go window-shopping do you walk on the pavement or the sidewalk?  Sidewalk

(b) Do you put your shopping in the car's trunk or in the boot? Trunk

(c) When the car's engine needs oil do you open the bonnet or the hood? Hood

(d) Do you fill up the car with gas or with petrol? Petrol

(e) When it is cold do you put on a jersey or a sweater? Sweater

(f) When the baby is wet does it need a dry diaper or nappy? Nappy

(g) Do you get to the top of the building in an elevator or a lift? Lift

(h) When the children are hungry do you open a can or a tin of beans? Tin

(i) When you go on holiday do you take luggage or baggage? Luggage

(j) When you've made an error do you remove it with an eraser or a rubber? Eraser
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Date: 06-12-2024 00:58
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devilcake wrote:
yahoo thank u abby!!! some different ones :3
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Date: 06-12-2024 00:59
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Arthema wrote:
devilcake wrote:
yahoo thank u abby!!! some different ones :3
I blame my husband and friends of mine
Over the years I noticed my English is a very funky mixture of British, American, and Australian English
Aaaaand the fact I studied first in Russia, and then in Israel
In Russia I was taught British English, in Israel, American English
Australian just came along since I heard certain words and liked them.
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:05 | Times changed: 1
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devilcake wrote:
Arthema wrote:
devilcake wrote:
yahoo thank u abby!!! some different ones :3
I blame my husband and friends of mine
over the years I noticed my English is a very funky mixture of British, American, and Australian English
and the fact I studied first in Russia, and then in Israel
In Russia I was taught British English, in Israel, American English
Australian just came along since I heard certain words and liked them.
yes, i was actually hoping ud reply cos youve got a very varied linguistic background :3
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:07
TogetherForever
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TogetherForever wrote:
Gender: Female
age:  20
First language: English
Brief description of your english education: Basic 1-12 english + literature, communications etc classes

 Answer the following (there are no right or wrong answers, if you don’t know or use either you may do so):
( a) When you go window-shopping do you walk on the pavement or the sidewalk? Sidewalk

(b) Do you put your shopping in the car's trunk or in the boot? Trunk

(c) When the car's engine needs oil do you open the bonnet or the hood? Hood

(d) Do you fill up the car with gas or with petrol? Gas

(e) When it is cold do you put on a jersey or a sweater? Sweater

(f) When the baby is wet does it need a dry diaper or nappy? Diaper

(g) Do you get to the top of the building in an elevator or a lift? Elevator

(h) When the children are hungry do you open a can or a tin of beans? Can

(i) When you go on holiday do you take luggage or baggage? Luggage

(j) When you've made an error do you remove it with an eraser or a rubber? Eraser
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:09
TogetherForever
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TogetherForever wrote:
devilcake wrote:
TogetherForever wrote:
Being from the United States, I've taken many quizzes like these, but for accents
honestly think that would have been more interesting but i guess cos its such a small assignment they went with the basic
Yeah, that definitely would be interesting to see! My english dialect is honestly so goofy sometimes
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:10
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Arthema wrote:
devilcake wrote:
Arthema wrote:
devilcake wrote:
yahoo thank u abby!!! some different ones :3
I blame my husband and friends of mine
over the years I noticed my English is a very funky mixture of British, American, and Australian English
and the fact I studied first in Russia, and then in Israel
In Russia I was taught British English, in Israel, American English
Australian just came along since I heard certain words and liked them.
yes, i was actually hoping ud reply cos youve got a very varied linguistic background :3
OH pfff I am flattered
if you'd need any more help I'd be glad to be of service! (just tomorrow cus right now I'm beat)
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:11
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devilcake wrote:
Arthema wrote:
devilcake wrote:
Arthema wrote:
I blame my husband and friends of mine
over the years I noticed my English is a very funky mixture of British, American, and Australian English
and the fact I studied first in Russia, and then in Israel
In Russia I was taught British English, in Israel, American English
Australian just came along since I heard certain words and liked them.
yes, i was actually hoping ud reply cos youve got a very varied linguistic background :3
OH pfff I am flattered
if you'd need any more help I'd be glad to be of service! (just tomorrow cus right now I'm beat)
yus imma write tomorrow, i might use urs as one of the things just to have some variation so if i have any questions ill hit u up :p
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:16
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devilcake wrote:
TogetherForever wrote:
devilcake wrote:
TogetherForever wrote:
Being from the United States, I've taken many quizzes like these, but for accents
honestly think that would have been more interesting but i guess cos its such a small assignment they went with the basic
Yeah, that definitely would be interesting to see! My english dialect is honestly so goofy sometimes
what dialect do u speak!
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:17
Bittersweetmemories
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bittersweetmemories wrote:
Gender:  Female
age:  29
First language:  Dutch
Brief description of your english education: Highschool (bilingual studies)

 Answer the following (there are no right or wrong answers, if you don’t know or use either you may do so):
( a) When you go window-shopping do you walk on the pavement or the sidewalk? 

(b) Do you put your shopping in the car's trunk or in the boot? 

(c) When the car's engine needs oil do you open the bonnet or the hood? 

(d) Do you fill up the car with gas or with petrol? 

(e) When it is cold do you put on a jersey or a sweater? 

(f) When the baby is wet does it need a dry diaper or nappy? 

(g) Do you get to the top of the building in an elevator or a lift? 

(h) When the children are hungry do you open a can or a tin of beans? 

(i) When you go on holiday do you take luggage or baggage? 

(j) When you've made an error do you remove it with an eraser or a rubber?


this is basically american english versus british english, isn't it
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Date: 06-12-2024 01:31
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glowed wrote:
devilcake wrote:
gonna tag some people with other linguistic background than norwegian, sawrey if ur bizi

@Arthema @whydoiexist @glowed @remains 
seeing this late oopsie
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Date: 06-12-2024 02:02
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glowed wrote:
Gender: female
age:  22
First language: Serbian
Brief description of your english education: started learning it in preschool (age 6), had it as a subject all throughout school, went to a philology specialised high school n I now study English language and literature 

 Answer the following (there are no right or wrong answers, if you don’t know or use either you may do so): 
( a) When you go window-shopping do you walk on the pavement or the sidewalk? Sidewalk

(b) Do you put your shopping in the car's trunk or in the boot? Trunk

(c) When the car's engine needs oil do you open the bonnet or the hood? Hood

(d) Do you fill up the car with gas or with petrol? Petrol

(e) When it is cold do you put on a jersey or a sweater? sweater

(f) When the baby is wet does it need a dry diaper or nappy? diaper

(g) Do you get to the top of the building in an elevator or a lift? Elevator 

(h) When the children are hungry do you open a can or a tin of beans? Can

(i) When you go on holiday do you take luggage or baggage? Luggage 

(j) When you've made an error do you remove it with an eraser or a rubber? Eraser
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Date: 06-12-2024 02:07
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glowed wrote:
I tend to use British variants when translating or writing anything serious, but in everyday speech (or writing ig) I definitely turn more to AmE
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Date: 06-12-2024 02:08
TogetherForever
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TogetherForever wrote:
devilcake wrote:
TogetherForever wrote:
devilcake wrote:
honestly think that would have been more interesting but i guess cos its such a small assignment they went with the basic
Yeah, that definitely would be interesting to see! My english dialect is honestly so goofy sometimes
what dialect do u speak!
I think general dialect is western american english? and I have a mountain west+utah accent. so basically I just pronounce a lot of sounds weirdly compared to standard english
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Date: 06-12-2024 02:43
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legohouse wrote:
just wanna know where in the world they think jersey is a good replacement for sweater. 
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Date: 06-12-2024 03:23
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