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Cognitive scientist at Harvard.

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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 May 2014

    Take this quiz by my collaborator Josh Hartshorne & help scientists map English around the world | #WhichEnglish http://bit.ly/1ovlgZq 

    10:11 AM - 28 May 2014
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    • Anirudh Nikhil Jois Chris Rakesh Mohan John Creighton Emily Wolverton Satu Susanne Andrew gameswithwords
    20 replies 68 retweets 47 likes
      1. Michael O. Hurwitz‏ @mohurwitzmusic 28 May 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Incredible. Top 3 guesses were Canada, US, and South Africa. I live in the US, was raised in Canada, parents are South African

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      1. Dan Keshet 🚶‏ @DanKeshet 28 May 2014
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        @EzraKeshet RT @sapinker Take this quiz by Josh Hartshorne & help scientists map English #WhichEnglish http://bit.ly/1ovlgZq 

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      2. peter connor‏ @pyconnor 28 May 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @hbdchick The program was defective and didn't record the data.

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      2. Expat in Zagreb‏ @ExpatinZagreb 28 May 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Tried, but kept getting connection errors.

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      3. gameswithwords‏ @gameswithwords 29 May 2014
        Replying to @ExpatinZagreb

        @ExpatinZagreb Server was overwhelmed by traffic. Should be working now (after server upgrade)...

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      4. Expat in Zagreb‏ @ExpatinZagreb 29 May 2014
        Replying to @gameswithwords

        @gameswithwords Worked like a charm this time around.

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      2. James Petruzzi‏ @Hawaiianimages 28 May 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker Would love to, but quiz generated database connection errors about every 3rd question and timed out on me. Hmm.

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      3. Alan‏ @BigAlxyz 28 May 2014
        Replying to @Hawaiianimages

        @Hawaiianimages @sapinker Same problem here.

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      4. gameswithwords‏ @gameswithwords 29 May 2014
        Replying to @BigAlxyz

        @BigAlxyz Server was overwhelmed by traffic. Should be working now (after server upgrade)...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. James Petruzzi‏ @Hawaiianimages 29 May 2014
        Replying to @gameswithwords

        @gameswithwords @BigAlxyz Still a few glitches, but no fatal errors. All set, completed. : )

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      2. Ashwan‏ @ashwan 4 Jun 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker @udupendra Apparently I speak American Standard and my native language is English. :)

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      3. Thejaswi Udupa‏ @udupendra 4 Jun 2014
        Replying to @ashwan

        @ashwan You've adapted very well there, then! (Though it gave me American Standard too, with my native language as Vietnamese)

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      1. Rakesh Mohan‏ @dooryodhan 31 May 2014
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        @sapinker Some of the content seems familiar, I feel like I may have read it in your books, Language Instinct or some other.

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      1. szescstopni‏ @szescstopni 30 May 2014
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        @sapinker I'll skip the alpha and beta and wait for a functioning release of #WhichEnglish. Only thing I learned is that I'm not a human

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      1. Inger Jakobsen  🇩🇰 🇫🇴 🇬🇱 🍰‏ @imbrunsgaard 29 May 2014
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        @sapinker it worked now. Didnt guess my origin, though. If the test was spoken, Im sure it would have guessed that Im from Scandinavia.

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      1. Paul Moore‏ @frompjm 29 May 2014
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        @sapinker It thinks my first language is Italian and my native dialect is Irish (I'm British, RP).

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      2. Inger Jakobsen  🇩🇰 🇫🇴 🇬🇱 🍰‏ @imbrunsgaard 28 May 2014
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker connection broken. Plus I clicked the wrong answer because its late and Im tired. No going back-button though

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      3. gameswithwords‏ @gameswithwords 29 May 2014
        Replying to @imbrunsgaard

        @imbrunsgaard Server was overwhelmed by traffic. Should be working now (after server upgrade)...

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