What this measures
The result compares the strongest northern and southern English profiles in the reference set. Midlands answers may pull both ways, so the result is a lean rather than a border.
England
North or South: how do you actually speak?
Bath, put, fur and fair, t’ shop, while seven, singer, house, happy, idea and that.
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Question 1 of 10
Say “a long hot bath.” Is the vowel in “bath” nearer the one in “cat” or “father”?
Use your ordinary voice and choose the closer sound; the spelling does not decide it.
Questions chosen for this quiz
The famous vowel splits join reduced “the”, while meaning until, singer, H-dropping, happy, final L and voiced TH. A two-point result is called a divide, not a win.
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Questions from the main bank carry into the full quiz, so you can get a broader regional and celebrity match without answering them twice.