So you may or may not know that I'm minoring in linguistics. A side-effect of this is that I find language variation really interesting and often wind up quizzing everyone I know when I discover a disagreement over the meaning of a word/phrase or its pronunciation etc.
The first two questions are just for demographics, you can skip them if they offend your sensibilities. A lot of the options are very binary and neither might be accurate for your accent, you can skip those as well. There is undoubtedly quite a North American/Canadian English slant in these questions, because that is the language I encounter daily, sorry if your accent/vernacular is not covered.
Poll #1638545 LINGUISTICS IS AWESOME
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 113
The first two questions are just for demographics, you can skip them if they offend your sensibilities. A lot of the options are very binary and neither might be accurate for your accent, you can skip those as well. There is undoubtedly quite a North American/Canadian English slant in these questions, because that is the language I encounter daily, sorry if your accent/vernacular is not covered.
Poll #1638545 LINGUISTICS IS AWESOME
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 113
Where are you from?
How old are you?
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| <15 |
   1 (0.9%) |
| 15-25 |
| 77 (68.8%) |
| 26-35 |
| 23 (20.5%) |
| 36-45 |
| 9 (8.0%) |
| 46-55 |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| 56-65 |
| 0 (0.0%) |
| 65+ |
| 2 (1.8%) |
The word "shone", as in "the light shone down through the clouds", sounds like
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| "Shawn", as in "that man's name is Shawn" |
| 20 (19.0%) |
| "Shown", as in "Have I shown you where I keep the bodies?" |
| 85 (81.0%) |
The phrases "rice ales" and "rye sales" sound the same.
"Buzzed", as in, "I was buzzed at the party last night", means
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| Intoxicated, specifically alcohol |
| 57 (50.9%) |
| Intoxicated, specifically marijuana |
| 7 (6.2%) |
| Intoxicated, non-specific |
| 48 (42.9%) |
The first part of "hoodlum" sounds like
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| "Hood", as in "the hood of my jacket is full of BEES" |
| 94 (83.9%) |
| "Who'd", as in "Who'd want to put bees in my jacket?" |
| 18 (16.1%) |
Freshman year of high school is...
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| Grade 9 |
| 19 (17.3%) |
| 9th Grade |
| 75 (68.2%) |
| My schooling sytsem does not use the word "grade", F YOUR AMERICAN PRIVILEGE |
| 16 (14.5%) |
If you do something accidentally, you've done it
The "i" sound in "rider" and "writer" are
The 3-letter word for mother is
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| "Mum", spelled M U M |
| 28 (25.0%) |
| "Mom", spelled M O M |
| 74 (66.1%) |
| "Mum", spelled M O M |
| 10 (8.9%) |
The "w" sound in "witch" and the w sound in "which" are
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