Pronounciations
1. How do people in YN pronounce the last letter of the alphabet, 'Z'?
[x] ‘zee’
[] ‘zed’
[] Other
2. How do people pronounce lieutenant?
[x] ‘loo-tenant’
[] ‘lef-tenant’
[] Other
3. Are the accents in your nation more British, more North American, or neither?
[] more British
[] more American
[] a mix of both
[x] Other: considering my nation speaks russian and a whole lot of other languages, my country mostly has a russian accent
4. The most common pronounciation of the word ‘on’.
[x] ahn
[] awn
[] ahoon
[] Other:
5. The most common pronounciation of the word ‘off’.
[] awf
[x] ahf
[] Other
6. How are words like bag pronounced?
[] with the same vowel as bad (short ‘a’ sound)
[] sounds like ‘beg’
[x] sounds like ‘baig’ (long ‘a’ sound)
[] Other
7. Is YN’s pronunciations rhotic or non-rhotic?
[x] Rhotic (the last r in a word is pronounced)
[] Non-Rhotic (Water sounds like watah, butter sounds like buttah)
8. What ‘a’ sound is used in words like can or tram?
[] the same sound made in the word ‘bad’ (short ‘a’ sound)
[] the same sound made in ‘Chicago’ (sounds like a short o)
[x] the same sound used in General American English (long ‘a’ sound)
[] Other
Vocabulary
1. The season that comes after summer:
[] Fall
[] Autumn
[x] Both
[] Other
2. What’s the most common term for a multistory parking building?
[] Parking garage
[] Multistory Car Park
[] Parkade
[x] parking deck
[] Indoor Parking
[] Other:
3. What do people call a place you go for body function relief/personal convenience?
[] Restroom
[] Toilet
[] Bathroom
[x] Washroom
[] Lavatory
[] Urinal
[] Other:
4. What do people call a place where you shop for goods, mainly food?
[] Grocery Store
[] Supermarket
[] Mart
[] Marketplace
[] Food Store
[x] Food Mart
[] Other
5. Something you use to travel up/down floors in a multistory building?
[] Elevator
[x] Lift
[] Other
6. A meal before main course?
[x] Appetizer
[] Starter
[] tidbit
[] Namkeen
[] hors d'oeuvre
[] Other
7. A set of steps leading from one floor of a building to another, typically inside the building.
[] stairs
[x] steps
[] Other
Any other unique vocabulary your nation uses?
Spelling
1. Do people write/spell color/flavor or colour/flavour?
[] Colour/flavour
[] Color/flavor
[] Other
[x] Both are acceptable
2. Do people write/spell center or centre?
[] Center
[x] Centre
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
3. Do people write/spell realize or realise?
[] realize
[] realise
[] Other
[x] Both are acceptable
4. Do people write/spell traveling or travelling?
[] traveling
[] travelling
[] Other
[x] Both are acceptable
5. Do people write/spell license or licence?
[x] license
[] licence
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
6. Do people write/spell program or programme?
[] program
[] programme
[x] depends
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
7. Do people write/spell the color/colour gray or grey?
[] gray
[] grey
[x] Other: depending on context it's one or the other
[] Both are acceptable
8. Do people write/spell the word aluminum or aluminium?
[x] aluminum
[] aluminium
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
9. Do people write/spell the word story or storey? (As in the level of a house or building)
[x] story
[] storey
[] both are used
[] Other
10. Do people write/spell fulfill or fulfil?
[] fulfill
[] fulfil
[x] Both
[] Other
11. Do people spell check or cheque? (As in what you use to deposit/withdraw money)
[] check
[] cheque
[x] Both
[] Other
12. Do people spell pajamas or pyjamas?
[] pajamas
[] pyjamas
[x] Both
[] Other
13. Tire or tyre?
[] tire
[] tyre
[x] Both
[] Other
14. Plow or plough?
[] plow
[] plough
[x] Both
[] Other
15. Analog or analogue?
[] Analog
[] Analogue
[x] Both
[] Other
Grammer
Which of the following are phrases YN's English speakers would say?
1. “In the hospital” or “In hospital”
[] in the hospital
[x] in hospital
[] Other
2. “Graduated from university” or “Graduated university”?
[] Graduated from university
[x] Graduated university
[] Other
3. “Finished with something” or “Finished something”?
[] Finished with something
[x] Finished something
[] Other
4. "Dreamed" or "Dreamt"?
[] Dreamed
[x] Dreamt
[] Other
5. "Learned" or "Learnt"?
[] Learned
[x] Learnt
[] Other
6. Past tense word for "fit"? (Example: It fit him perfectly VS It fitted him perfectly.)
[x] Fit
[] Fitted
[] Other
7. "They already saw it" or "They've already seen it"?
[x] They already saw it
[] They've already seen it
[] Other
8. "She just left" or "She's just left"?
[x] She just left
[] She's just left
[] Other
9. "I'd like to take a bath" or "I'd like to have a bath"?
[] I'd like to take a bath
[x] I'd like to have a bath
[] Other
10. Past tense for dive?
[] dove
[x] dived
[] both
[] Other
11. “I don’t need to” or “I needn’t”?
[x] I don’t need to
[] I needn’t
[] Other
12. “On the weekend” or “At the weekend”?
[x] On the weekend
[] At the weekend
[] Other
Are there any special distinct characteristics about YN's English?
most people in my nation speak english with a russian accent if they do speak english
