Pick which choice YN’s citizens use in their English. If YN has multiple different English dialects, pick which one is the most dominant. If they’re is no dominant choice of speech, select more than one option if you want to. If YN’s people don’t use any pronunciation, vocabulary, or spelling, specify what they do use on the ‘other’ choice.
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[b]Pronounciations[/b]
1. How do people in YN pronounce the last letter of the alphabet, 'Z'?
[] ‘zee’
[] ‘zed’
[] Other
2. How do people in YN pronounce the letter 'H'?
[] 'aich'
[] 'haich'
[] Other
3. How do people pronounce lieutenant?
[] ‘loo-tenant’
[] ‘lef-tenant’
[] Other
4. Are the accents in your nation more British, more North American, or neither?
[] more British
[] more American
[] a mix of both
[] Other
5. The most common pronounciation of the word ‘on’.
[] ahn
[] awn
[] ahoon
[] Other:
6. The most common pronounciation of the word ‘off’.
[] awf
[] ahf
[] Other
7. How are words like bag pronounced?
[] with the same vowel as bad (short ‘a’ sound)
[] sounds like ‘beg’
[] sounds like ‘baig’ (long ‘a’ sound)
[] Other
8. Is YN’s pronunciations rhotic or non-rhotic?
[] Rhotic (the last r in a word is pronounced)
[] Non-Rhotic (Water sounds like watah, butter sounds like buttah)
9. 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)
[] the same sound used in General American English (long ‘a’ sound)
[] Other
10. How is 'avenue' pronounced?
[] aven-noo
[] aven-yew
[] Other
11. How is 'aunt' pronounced?
[] as in 'ant' (with short a)
[] as in 'ant' (with long a)
[] rhymes with haunt
[] other
12. Does cot and caught sound the same in YN's English?
[] Yes
[] No
13. Does pen and pin sound the same in YN's English?
[] Yes
[] No
14. Does wine and whine sound the same in YN's English?
[] Yes
[] No
[b]Vocabulary[/b]
1. The season that comes after summer:
[] Fall
[] Autumn
[] Both
[] Other
2. What’s the most common term for a multistory parking building?
[] Parking garage
[] Multistory Car Park
[] Parkade
[] parking deck
[] Indoor Parking
[] Other:
3. What do people call a place you go for body function relief/personal convenience?
[] Restroom
[] Toilet
[] Bathroom
[] 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
[] Food Mart
[] Other
5. Something you use to travel up/down floors in a multistory building?
[] Elevator
[] Lift
[] Other
6. A meal before main course?
[] 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
[] steps
[] Other
8. A sweet carbonated beverage (Examples: Coca Cola, sprite, Fanta, Pepsi, mountain dew)
[] Fizzy Drink
[] Pop
[] Soda
[] Soft Drink
[] Tonic
[] Other
Any other unique vocabulary your nation uses?
[b]Spelling[/b]
1. Do people write/spell color/flavor or colour/flavour?
[] Colour/flavour
[] Color/flavor
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
2. Do people write/spell center/somber or centre/sombre?
[] Center/somber
[] Centre/sombre
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
3. Do people write/spell realize or realise?
[] realize/analyze
[] realise/analyse
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
4. Do people write/spell traveling or travelling?
[] traveling/jewelry
[] travelling/jewellery
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
5. Do people write/spell license or licence?
[] license/defense/offense
[] licence/defence/offence
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
6. Do people write/spell program or programme?
[] program
[] programme
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
7. Do people write/spell the color/colour gray or grey?
[] gray
[] grey
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
8. Do people write/spell the word aluminum or aluminium?
[] 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)
[] story
[] storey
[] both are used
[] Other
10. Do people write/spell fulfill or fulfil?
[] fulfill
[] fulfil
[] Both
[] Other
11. Do people spell check or cheque? (As in what you use to deposit/withdraw money)
[] check
[] cheque
[] Both
[] Other
12. Do people spell pajamas or pyjamas?
[] pajamas
[] pyjamas
[] Both
[] Other
13. Tire or tyre?
[] tire
[] tyre
[] Both
[] Other
14. Plow or plough?
[] plow
[] plough
[] Both
[] Other
15. Analog or analogue?
[] Analog
[] Analogue
[] Both
[] Other
[b]Grammer[/b]
Which of the following are phrases YN's English speakers would say?
1. “He's in the hospital” or “He's in hospital”
[] He's in the hospital
[] He's in hospital
[] Other
2. “Graduated from university” or “Graduated university”?
[] Graduated from university
[] Graduated university
[] Other
3. “Finished with something” or “Finished something”?
[] Finished with something
[] Finished something
[] Other
4. "Dreamed" or "Dreamt"?
[] Dreamed
[] Dreamt
[] Other
5. "Learned" or "Learnt"?
[] Learned
[] Learnt
[] Other
6. Past tense word for "fit"? (Example: It fit him perfectly VS It fitted him perfectly.)
[] Fit
[] Fitted
[] Other
7. "They already saw it" or "They've already seen it"?
[] They already saw it
[] They've already seen it
[] Other
8. "She just left" or "She's just left"?
[] 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
[] I'd like to have a bath
[] Other
10. Past tense for dive?
[] dove
[] dived
[] both
[] Other
11. “don’t need to” or “needn’t”?
[] don’t need to
[] needn’t
[] Other
12. “On the weekend” or “At the weekend”?
[] On the weekend
[] At the weekend
[] Other
[b]Are there any special distinct characteristics about YN's English?[/b]