Have you guys tried this quiz?

[pontifex]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. American (Standard)
2. Canadian
3. Welsh (UK)

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

I'm from the US and speak English.

 

[Thebobo]

Took it again being a little more conservative and better lol ~

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. American (Standard)
2. Canadian
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics

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

 

[nickbits]

canadian
american
ebonics

raised in canada, born & live in the US and live near detroit, so I guess it has me pegged

 

[Rakehellion]

This is retarded. There are very clear 'right' and 'holy shit, you talk like a fucking moron' answers. I don't see this as a test of dialect as much as a test of 'English, motherfucker, do you speak it?'

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. Norwegian
3. Swedish

A lot of native English speakers got Ebonics as a result, so some of the answers may not be so obvious.

And yeah, it is intended to guess whose first language isn't English.

 

[Rakehellion]

So many people got Ebonics as their primary guess. They must be your/you're deniers.
"Ebonics" might just be Twitter dialect in this case.

 

[pmv]

A lot of native English speakers got Ebonics as a result, so some of the answers may not be so obvious.

And yeah, it is intended to guess whose first language isn't English.

It correctly came up with English/English for me. Most of the questions very obviously differentiated between English-English and US-English.

Sounds as if it also picks up Canadian and other forms of first-language-English (though none of the examples had 'eh' on the end of the sentence, which is all the internet has taught me about identifying Canadians)

Maybe its either that Black American English (for some reason I dislike the term 'Ebonics') has strongly influenced 'mainstream' US English (at least amongst the demographic here)... or they need to refine their test a bit more?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

A lot of native English speakers got Ebonics as a result, so some of the answers may not be so obvious.

And yeah, it is intended to guess whose first language isn't English.

No, it's intended to guess whose English has been distorted and bastardised by pilgrims and rednecks who barely know how to read or write.

EDIT: I was also going to include black people, but that might be construed as being racist.

 

[Possessed Freak]

I think the reason on why ebonics is on a lot of people's results is that while some of the answers were blatant "She be trippin yo" etc, I am willing to bet ebonics tend to say "he is in the hospital" over "he is in hospital". Just a guess, but probably a few of the checked replies fit for American Standard, Canadian, AND Ebonics... BUT NOT European or other dialects.

 

[JujuFish]

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. Norwegian
3. Swedish


No ebonics here.

 

[Lean L]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Singaporean
2. New Zealandish
3. Australian
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. Norwegian
2. English
3. Swedish

WTH

edit:
did another round opting for colloquial instead of formal grammar and got more reasonable answers

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. American (Standard)
2. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
3. Canadian
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:
1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch

I don't think you did that for formal then. I got american, canadian, then ebonics when I did formal.

Here's one for the kicks:

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
2. Singaporean
3. New Zealandish
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:

1. Spanish
2. Arabic
3. Portuguese - See more at: http://www.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/#sthash.TnK431vw.dpuf

 

[dougp]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:?

1. American (Standard)
2. Singaporean
3. South African


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

1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch

Down with ebonics, cause it didn't work for me.

 

[Mayne]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:?
1. Canadian
2. Singaporean
3. American (Standard)
Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:?
1. English
2. Vietnamese
3. Sweden


It all makes sense to me now. A canadian surrounded by scottish immigrants my whole life.

 

[flexy]

1. American (Standard)
2. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
3. Canadian

1. English
2. Dutch
3. Norwegian

Native language German, started learning English at 16 (?), moved to Illinois and lived there about 9 years, married US American wife (speaking English now 24/7)...now live in Spain.

Moving to the US showed me how insufficient "school English" really is..I remember when I turned on the TV and saw "Black Entertainment TV" the first time...LOL
http://www.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/done.php#sthash.8StkmQeU.dpuf

 

[JManInPhoenix]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. Singaporean
2. New Zealandish
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics

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


http://www.gameswithwords.org/WhichEnglish/#sthash.bLsL3IAT.dpuf

 

[NoCreativity]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. English
2. South African
3. Canadian

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

 

[soulcougher73]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. American (Standard)
2. Canadian
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics

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

1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch

 

[Rakehellion]

No, it's intended to guess whose English has been distorted and bastardised by pilgrims and rednecks who barely know how to read or write.

EDIT: I was also going to include black people, but that might be construed as being racist.

English is just a bastardization of the Latin master race language.

 

[Rakehellion]

I think the reason on why ebonics is on a lot of people's results is that while some of the answers were blatant "She be trippin yo" etc, I am willing to bet ebonics tend to say "he is in the hospital" over "he is in hospital". Just a guess, but probably a few of the checked replies fit for American Standard, Canadian, AND Ebonics... BUT NOT European or other dialects.

No, I'm pretty sure it's just Facebookers who barely speak their native language.

 

[Drako]

What's with all the Ebonics speakers here?

Here are my results - no surprises.

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. Norwegian
3. Swedish

 

[Krazy4Real]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. American (Standard)
2. Canadian
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics

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

 

[rpanic]

^same

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:?
1. American (Standard)
2. Singaporean
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics

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

 

[cKGunslinger]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:
1. American (Standard)
2. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics
3. Canadian

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

 

[preCRT]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:?
1. American (Standard)
2. Canadian
3. US Black Vernacular / Ebonics ← It'll be a cold day in hell when I axe a question.

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

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

English is just a bastardization of the Latin master race language.

Latin is just a bastardisation of the Etruscan master race language.

Also, English has much more in common with other Germanic languages than with Romance languages and Latin.

 

[Howard]

Canadian.