Interesting thought ... when the words are synonyms, I'd agree with hannina. When they're merely similar words, I'd hope for some leeway in accepting regional variations of what is essentially the same thing, just in a different part of the world.
Yes but in the UK a stroller is a pushchair, a pram is bigger and generally just for babies who can only lie down. The plot thickens! Who is this mysterious googler....
But the quiz is asking very specifically for which search result Google auto-completes with. The fact that "pushchair" is a valid term for the object is irrelevant. The only correct answer is whatever comes up first in Google.
I tried carriage first before thinking of stroller, but stroller is the correct answer because that's what people most commonly type in. Some dialects of English are not as commonly used as others.
As someone who has had both bulimia and anorexia, I feel the need to point out that there happens to be extreme differences. I know these aren't self-created results and are commonly searched on Google, but I just had to say that.
Surely there would be no point in doing quizzes if you cheat for the answers, the best part of Jet-Punk I think, is testing ones knowledge and then learning from your mistakes and increasing ones knowledge. The only person a 'Cheat' cheats is themselves.
A hypothesis is an idea you have first, and then you design tests to see if it is true or not. A guess is when you already have a question of fact before you, and you make a judgement without testing.
Degree of formality. Same difference as a suit coat and a sweatshirt. They do the same thing, but if you're going to a job interview its important to know which one to wear.
Yep. I'm from the UK and that one took me a while too, but then I remembered that part of the point is to think about what the *most* other people might search for. So inevitably that makes the quiz US-centric, but in this case it's just something the rest of us have to deal with!
Regarding the issue of the pram question: Google UK lists 'buggy' as the top suggestion, ahead of 'stroller'. Google must have different suggestions for their localised sites to reflect the dialect(s) and searches in different countries.
I personally haven't heard of the phrase 'stroller' before - only 'buggy' or 'pushchair'.
It may be worth allowing additional answers that are the top suggestions in Australia, Canada and the UK, with the US version as the 'main' answer, especially where the top suggestion isn't used in at least one of those countries.
I live in the Uk, and when testing this particular mystery on google, the first suggestion that came up was pushchair, followed by stroller, then buggy.
I'm just wondering... Is it normal to say "a university" or should it be "an"? It may be my limited English, but I didn't try university because I thought the word should begin with a consonant...
"a university" as the first sound in university is a "y" or /j/ sound. There is some disagreement about whether to use "a" or "an" before certain words that begin with "h" like "history," mostly by people who don't pronounce the "h" sound, like the British.
As a native speaker, I was taught the same. There are a few British accents that drop the 'h' though - some Essex accents and a few from the North of England. Most Brits pronounce it though
British English aspirates the h in history, but not in hour, hono(u)r, honest, heir and others.
Generally in modern usage, we use an before unaspirated h words (where the h is pronounced), so "an hour", "an honest politician", "an hono(u)rable congressman" etc, but we use "a" before words which do aspirate the h sound, such as "a happy girl", "a hairdryer" and "a helicopter".
However, there are still prominent individuals who still say "an hotel" (pronounced "an 'otel") and "an historic event" (pronounced "an 'istoric event".
Jeremy Paxman (an old BBC stalwart and eminent broadcaster / author / journalist) insists on pronouncing the "h" but still using "an" in examples like "an Historic battle" and "an Hotel'.
Some people get hot under the collar about it. i think language changes all the time, and that if you insist on one version, someone will always have a counter-argument why you are wrong.
I could not figure out for the life of me the halal and kosher one. I kept trying to type in different spellings of haraam (haram and harim and hiram etc lolol)
Another fun quiz. I needed the "an" clue as a hint for some of the answers starting with vowels. I find it fascinating to see what some of common searches are. Thank you.
I personally haven't heard of the phrase 'stroller' before - only 'buggy' or 'pushchair'.
It may be worth allowing additional answers that are the top suggestions in Australia, Canada and the UK, with the US version as the 'main' answer, especially where the top suggestion isn't used in at least one of those countries.
https://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/a-an.htm
Those of us who speak "properly" anyway
Generally in modern usage, we use an before unaspirated h words (where the h is pronounced), so "an hour", "an honest politician", "an hono(u)rable congressman" etc, but we use "a" before words which do aspirate the h sound, such as "a happy girl", "a hairdryer" and "a helicopter".
However, there are still prominent individuals who still say "an hotel" (pronounced "an 'otel") and "an historic event" (pronounced "an 'istoric event".
Jeremy Paxman (an old BBC stalwart and eminent broadcaster / author / journalist) insists on pronouncing the "h" but still using "an" in examples like "an Historic battle" and "an Hotel'.
Some people get hot under the collar about it. i think language changes all the time, and that if you insist on one version, someone will always have a counter-argument why you are wrong.
c'mon people