In this video, I’m going to do the accent tag or accent challenge.
A number of years ago a professor posted a dialect survey to determine how people pronounced
certain words and the difference in the words used to describe certain items or certain
events.
The dialect survey has since become a viral internet sensation called the Accent tag or
the Accent Challenge.
How the accent challenge works is that basically you read a bunch of words and then you answer
some questions and in theory this should determine where you’re from and what accent you have.
The challenge starts with your name and where you’re from.
I’m Alister and originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Here’s the words:
Aunt
Roof
Route
Wash
Oil
Theater
Iron
Salmon
Caramel
Fire
Water
Sure
To be sure
Data, data, data
Ruin
Crayon
New Orleans. New Orleans. New Orleans.
Pecan
Both
Again
Probably. Probably. It's probably probably. Probably.
Spitting image. Spitting image. Spitting image.
Alabama. Alabama. Alabama.
Lawyer
Coupon
Mayonnaise
Syrup
Pyjamas
Caught
Naturally
Aluminium. Aluminum. Aluminium
Envelope. Envelope. Envelope.
And now for the questions:
What's it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?
Seriously, I've never done this. I know from movies that it's very popular, like, in American
culture.
I think it's called tee peeing but this is never something I've done and it's never a
word I've used.
So, tee peeing, I think.
What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?
I remember these when I was always playing in my garden in childhood.
I think we call it a slater or a woodslater or woodlouse or something like this.
What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?
A fizzy drink, simple.
Coke, sprite, fizzy drinks.
What do you call gym shoes?
Gym shoes. Trainers. I think, like, older people in Northern Ireland would call them
plimsoles or gutties.
I would probably call them trainers or gym shoes - shoes that you specifically wear to
the gym.
What do you say to address a group of people?
Everyone. You lot. Yous'uns is a bit of a slang one in Northern Ireland. I'm not from
America - y'all.
Yous'uns, you lot, everyone. I don't know.
Something like that,
Yous'uns, let's go with that.
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What do you call the kind of spider (or spider-like creature) that has an oval body and extremely
long legs?
Also remember them all the time from the garden at the back of my house in childhood.
We call these daddy long legs.
Like, I know in some other countries they're called grand daddy long legs or something
like this.
Northern Ireland, I grew up calling them daddy long legs.
What do you call your grandparents?
For me, this isn't to do with the country you come from.
I think this is quite personal.
I had different names for my grandparents on my mother's side and on my father's side.
My grandparents died when I was quite young so I didn't have so much of a relationship
with them.
On my father's side we called them Gran and Papa and on my mother's side we called them
Granny and Granddad.
Again, I don't know why, I think this is more family or personal dependent, rather than
different countries have different names.
What do you call your grandparents?
What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?
This is a trolley or a shopping trolley.
It's not a shopping cart. It's a shopping trolley.
What do you call it when rain falls but the sun is still shining?
A sun shower.
Is there anything else you call it? What do you call it?
It's a sun shower surely.
What is the thing you change the TV channel with?
The remote or the TV remote.
Also, sometimes called the squisher but let's go with remote or TV remote.
That’s my accent challenge. Thanks for watching.
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