Nasrullah Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Can i be as ignorant as to ask what pukka stands for/means? genuine/good quality (they have such f&c outside of Manchester asw.) Maybe i should of guessed this!.....In Aus...we call it tukka ...ie good food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnatong Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Can i be as ignorant as to ask what pukka stands for/means? genuine/good quality (they have such f&c outside of Manchester asw.) Maybe i should of guessed this!.....In Aus...we call it tukka ...ie good food Na -----------Tukka is some sort of mess which Aussies believe to be good food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasrullah Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 Can i be as ignorant as to ask what pukka stands for/means? genuine/good quality (they have such f&c outside of Manchester asw.) Maybe i should of guessed this!.....In Aus...we call it tukka ...ie good food Na -----------Tukka is some sort of mess which Aussies believe to be good food! LOL....I think your right!......Seen a few movies where aussies are sitting around an outdoor fire,eating god knows what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 The problem here is that the questioner cannot speak/write British English. So you are wondering what on earth these Americans actually mean to ask? I did get 10!! Could think of some better questions if I could be bothered to put my mind to it. What is a dog and bone? What is a haggis? What is a faggot? Who is a queen? How do you say tomato? What is a boot? You can go on!! Not really to do with being a Brit; just how well you speak English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Can i be as ignorant as to ask what pukka stands for/means? genuine/good quality (they have such f&c outside of Manchester asw.) It is a word of Hindi/Urdu origin. Meant ripe. Now just used in slang for better than usual good quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 1, 2016 Share Posted May 1, 2016 Not too shabby! You scored 8 out of 10.You’re a Londoner, mate! You are happy to spell "flavour" and "colour" with that extra "u" and you’d blend right in on a morning commute on the Tube. Check your mail for that invite from Will, Kate and baby George to take high tea with Her Majesty the Queen. It's fun to pass for stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bench499d Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I got 10/10 but it was a bit backwards since I understood the answers better than the questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 The way those questions were worded it was more about how well you understand the US interpretations of British English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bench499d Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Also, it's really a test of how well you know American English and "standard" British English if you're a Brit. Because maybe the Americans don't realise how many different dialects are being spoken in the UK. That test maybe reflects the dialect spoken in the SE of England. There are many terms spoken in other areas of the UK which are unfamiliar to people in the SE of England. The surgery question is a case in point. Not everyone in the UK would say that. Some may say "GP" other just "the doctors" (or t'doctors). I am sure there are many slang terms across the country for this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Or goings quacks. When asked am I British I say no " I'm English and from England." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macksview Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 8/10 2 teachers 4 blue eyed children, £10 ticket, aussie here we come. as the bloke in london who gave him the approval, said to dad, 'good onya, we are getting to many <deleted> and dagoes coming' 50 years later, not much has improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donutz Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Silly test, 10/10. Though the one about going to the doctors/GP confused me and was a bit of a guess. Seems more like "do you speak proper English or Yanks English?" test to me. Seeing we learn British English as a second language here, most of the British words were common to me were as some of the American words were totally alien to me. The vegetable question was easy, with proper names as the answer and very silly words in the question. An Eggplant? Are you kidding me?!! 555 I got 10/10 but it was a bit backwards since I understood the answers better than the questions! Same here for atleast a few questions, very amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstand Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Never heard proper and brit used in the same sentence before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kickstand Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Got 9 out of 10. Guess I've been infected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I draw the line at black pudding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I draw the line at black pudding. I think your find that's usually in a Scottish breakfast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob8891 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I passed this nonsensical "yank" test 10/10 Now lets have a "redneck" test which anyone with no teeth can pass ! But you have to be able to play the banjo..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bench499d Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I draw the line at black pudding. I think your find that's usually in a Scottish breakfast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast Nah its not a full English without black pudding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koosdedooes Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Silly test, 10/10. Though the one about going to the doctors/GP confused me and was a bit of a guess. Seems more like "do you speak proper English or Yanks English?" test to me. Seeing we learn British English as a second language here, most of the British words were common to me were as some of the American words were totally alien to me. The vegetable question was easy, with proper names as the answer and very silly words in the question. An Eggplant? Are you kidding me?!! 555 I got 10/10 but it was a bit backwards since I understood the answers better than the questions!Same here for atleast a few questions, very amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasrullah Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 Silly test, 10/10. Though the one about going to the doctors/GP confused me and was a bit of a guess. Seems more like "do you speak proper English or Yanks English?" test to me. Seeing we learn British English as a second language here, most of the British words were common to me were as some of the American words were totally alien to me. The vegetable question was easy, with proper names as the answer and very silly words in the question. An Eggplant? Are you kidding me?!! 555 I got 10/10 but it was a bit backwards since I understood the answers better than the questions!Same here for atleast a few questions, very amusing. FB_IMG_1462529445879.jpg there's always one isn't there!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbeSurd Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 10 out of 10. I am so ashamed. Me too. I'll never live it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I draw the line at black pudding. I think your find that's usually in a Scottish breakfast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_breakfast Nah its not a full English without black pudding. Nah not down South mush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 What the .... I scored 9/10 on the first try and I am not even from a English speaking nation haha.JPG They'll take anyone -> they need the taxes..... Yes, for MPs "expenses", overseas aid, and benefits for immigrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nausea Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Zucchini! What's Zucchini? There ain't no stinking British word Zucchini! 9/10. And that whole portered flat thingy was dodgy, went right over my head, and yeah, they ain't no real fish and chips, not like you get down near Soi Cowboy. I think I'll sit down and have a nice cup of tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 Zucchini! What's Zucchini? There ain't no stinking British word Zucchini! That's why it was in the American part of the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie69 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 I'm Australian, we speak British (kind of). What is a zucchini called in UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 A courgette. Or a marrow, if it's big enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkokazy Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I am Norwegian, I learned the Oxford English at school Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arunsakda Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 9 of 10 the Estate agents bit was a little unclear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlindMagician Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Scored 9/10, and agree with others re that surgery question ... needs rewriting that one, me ole cocker. Ridiculous concept - national ID test based on 10 questions, or any number of questions, or any other means of testing. A nation is the product of the sum total and inter influence of its population, and the "calculation" is not a simple maths rule based linear one. Tests like these might be fun, but if taken seriously become the thin end of the wedge of forced narrow conformity, impinge on freedom and kill off social evolution. Take that you mindless bureaucrats! Hurrah for the people! Are you taking note Kim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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