Variants of English

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Exploring English Dialects Quiz

Test your knowledge of the fascinating variations in English dialects around the world! With ten engaging multiple-choice questions, this quiz challenges you to identify distinctive features of various English variants.

Discover how well you know:

Rhyming slang in Cockney
Unique terms from Australian and South African English
Phonological differences in Scottish English

10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by PonderingParrot27

Words "arvo, barbie, bikkie, servo" brightly represent:

New Zealand English

South African English

Australian English

Irish English

Abbreviation RC stands for:

Right Pronunciation

Rhymed Pronunciation

Royal Pronunciation

Recieved Pronunciation

What is peculiar to Indian English?

Present Perfect rather than Past Simple

Ending -ize instead of -ise

[t], [d] instead of [θ] and [ð]

Lack of 5 English vowels

Which of these are words from South African English?

Izzat, achcha, bahadur, yatra

Bra, dorp, voorskot, indaba

Brae, fitba, toleoo, wee

Reeve, bobskate, loonie, tuque

Presence of words with the same form as in British English but different meanings is peculiar for:

Irish English

Scottish English

American English

In which of the variants lexical difference between AmE and BrE is indicated correctly?

Ava - at all, greet - cry

Footpath - pavement, mailbox - postbox

Bonny - pretty, pictures - cinema

Candy - sweets, sidewalk - pavement

Which phonological pecularity is typical of Scottish English?

[eɪ] > [aɪ], [aɪ] > [ɔɪ]

[ʊ] > [ɪ], [u˝] > [ɜ˝]

[ɑ˝] > [æ], [ɒ] > [ɑ˝]

[əʊ] > [ɒ], [eɪ] > [e]

Variants of English

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