Everyone’s talking about the freakishly accurate NY Times British-Irish dialect quiz

Yes, it includes the all-important question, how do you pronounce ‘scone’?

Everyone’s talking about the freakishly accurate NY Times British-Irish dialect quiz

Mom, ma or mammy? Runners, tennis shoes or takkies?

These are some of the questions being asked by the New York Times' dialect quiz doing the rounds on the internet.

Along with asking you which words you would use to describe objects, it asks you if you think certain words rhyme with others.

And the all-important question, how do you pronounce ‘scone’?

Quiz takers have been taking to Twitter to rave about freakishly accurate their results were.

Take it for yourself here

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