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
[X] more North American
[] a mix of both
[X] other: sounds like a Latin person speaking English
4. The most common pronounciation of the word ‘on’.
[] ahn
[X] awn
[] ahoon
[] Other:
5. The most common pronounciation of the word ‘off’.
[X] awf
[] ahf
[] Other
6. How are words like bag pronounced?
[X] with the same vowel as bad
[] sounds like ‘beg’
[] sounds like ‘baig’
[] 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?
[X] Parking garage
[] Multistory Car Park
[] Parkade
[X] Other: Some call it "Car Apartment" or "Car Condominium" from the translation of "Átoconto"
3. What do people call a place you go for body function relief/personal convenience?
[X] Restroom
[X] Toilet
[X] Bathroom
[] Washroom
[] Lavatory
[] Other:
4. What do people call a place where you shop for goods, mainly food?
[X] Grocery Store
[] Supermarket
[] Mart
[] Marketplace
[] Food Store
[] Food Mart
[X] Other: Food store
5. Something you use to travel up/down floors in a multistory building?
[X] Elevator
[] 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
[] steps
[X] Other: Staircase
Spelling
1. Do people write/spell color/flavor or colour/flavour?
[] Colour/flavour
[X] Color/flavor
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
2. Do people write/spell center or centre?
[X] Center
[] Centre
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
3. Do people write/spell realize or realise?
[X] realize
[] realise
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
4. Do people write/spell traveling or travelling?
[X] traveling
[] travelling
[] Other
[] 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?
[X] program
[] programme
[] depends
[] Other
[] Both are acceptable
7. Do people write/spell the color/colour gray or grey?
[X] gray
[] grey
[] 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?
[X] story
[] storey
[] both are used
[] Other
10. Do people write/spell fulfill or fulfil?
[X] fulfill
[] fulfil
[] Both
[X] Other
Grammar
Which of the following are phrases YN's English speakers would say?
1. “In the hospital” or “In hospital”
[X] in the hospital
[] in hospital
[] Other
2. “Graduated from university” or “Graduated university”?
[] Graduated from university
[] Graduated university
[X] Other: both
3. “Finished with something” or “Finished something”?
[] Finished with something
[] Finished something
[X] Other: depends if you use "I'm" or "I" before
4. "Dreamed" or "Dreamt"?
[] Dreamed
[X] Dreamt
[] Other
5. "Learned" or "Learnt"?
[X] Learned
[] 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"?
[X] I'd like to take a bath
[] I'd like to have a bath
[X] Other: I want to take a bath
10. Past tense for dive?
[X] dove
[] dived
[] both
[] Other
Are there any special distinct characteristics about YN's English?
