A fascinating quiz tries to predict which English dialect you speak and your native tongue
, it attempts to guess where you might have learned most of your English. But the version going round last year focused only on American dialects, and mainly asked questions about vocabulary and pronunciation. Which English? asks grammar-focused questions instead. It is also international: it will not only rank three guesses for the English dialect that has influenced you the most. It will also give three guesses as to your native language.
Mr Hartshorne was not sure. The critical period may apply to the acquisition of a native-like accent, he thinks. But it may not apply to grammar. A previous study has suggested that grammar-learning ability falls off smoothly depending on the age at which the learner begins learning. The earlier study relied on self-reporting, so he set out to find out what he could by actually testing people’s grammar, and then asking a few basic demographic questions.
The results are visually well designed and absorbing. Johnson was dismayed, upon first seeing his results, to find himself a world-class curmudgeon, with a 12% score on agreeableness. This was the result of only a few postings of mine, scooped from’s digital editor’s own Facebook feed. A fuller study of my own feed bumped my score up to a still-sour 36% on agreeableness. Both times round Johnson scored highly on Openness—87%.
Johnson asked on Facebook whether they felt they were their unique selves on Facebook. Many reported that they have topics they avoid completely on the social network, whether their kids or politics. Others said that they had a bit of a Facebook mask, whether funny or sardonic. Johnson’s “most similar” friend is a cartoonist with a wicked wit with pen in hand; she is also an utter sweetheart in person.
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