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1 trivia quiz  "Geordie Speak" coolicon
"Geordie" is the accent and everyday language of much of North East England. I was brought up there, and heard many of these words and phrases daily. The colloquial spellings used are phonetic.
Average 20Q
1485 plays
Feb 26 04
picqero gold
2 trivia quiz  English Slang Used in the United Kingdom coolicon
An A-Z of slang from a British perspective. Some of the words have more than one meaning, but remember it's the slang definition you are looking for.
Average 25Q
855 plays
Apr 01 08
furby1 gold
3 trivia quiz  More Norfolk Dialect coolicon
More ramblings from a Broad Narfolk Mawther.
Average 10Q
435 plays
Dec 16 06
itsannier
4 trivia quiz  The Norfolk Dialect coolicon
Do they talk a load of squit (rubbish) in Norfolk?
Tough 10Q
537 plays
Nov 16 06
itsannier
5 trivia quiz  English Slang for Tourists icon
The following words or phrases are all in use in various parts of the UK. This quiz has been written to help the tourist understand what they hear when in the company of normal everyday Brits. There are no obscenities in this quiz.
Average 25Q
3453 plays
Feb 10 04
romeomikegolf editor
6 trivia quiz  Some Quotes From Dialectal English icon
In this quiz you get short fragments from dialectal dialogues, poems etc. Your understanding of the quotes is tested by means of multiple choice.Caps may mark beginnings of verselines.
Easy 10Q
3621 plays
Feb 07 02
flem-ish
7 trivia quiz  English English! icon
English is spoken all over the world, but some words have a particularly English English twang to them.
Average 10Q
1692 plays
Aug 15 07
togtog
8 trivia quiz  Georgette Heyer's Regency England icon
Georgette Heyer's novels reinvent Regency England, complete with its own language and customs. Would you fit in?
Tough 10Q
972 plays
Oct 23 01
bridget3
9 trivia quiz  Is That Crystal? icon
'Is That Crystal?', as in 'crystal clear', (understandable). Yep, it's a quiz about English slang, as spoken in England. I'll give you the word or phrase. You tell me what I'm 'waffling on' about. Good luck.
Average 15Q
1788 plays
Nov 21 01
wez
10 trivia quiz  Some Samples Of English Dialect icon
Dialectal words are often totally ununderstandable to outsiders.In this quiz you find some 'local words' which might not be totally unintelligible to other English-speakers.
Tough 10Q
1488 plays
Feb 07 02
flem-ish
11 trivia quiz  Yorkshire Slang
I've found that a lot of people who don't come from Yorkshire haven't heard of some of the words we use. So try my quiz and see if your 0R8!
Average 5Q
1740 plays
Sep 13 00
nomistai
12 trivia quiz  British Slang
I give you some British slang all you do is choose the correct answer.
Easy 5Q
4362 plays
Mar 02 01
rmillar

Some sample questions from this category:

* If you had the 'munk on' what would you be?
* What are people from Liverpool called?
* What is a sod? (not literally)
* What part of a car is a bonnet?
* What is another term for your girlfriend?
* What would you do with a banger?
* What does it mean when someone has the munk on?
* What does it mean if something is blogged?
* What are you doing if you are 'fettleing'?
* Going to Spend a Penny:
* What is the odd one out?
* What would someone be doing to be accused of 'doing it far too brown'?
* What is a 'drab Benjamin'?
* What is the odd one out?
* What would you do at Almacks?
* What would you buy from a mantua maker?
* What do you do if you 'fork' someone?
* What is referred to as 'parson's mousetrap'?
* What would you do with orgeat?
* Why would you go to Melton Mowbray?

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