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Tag: dialects

  • Edited Champ'd Up screenshot showing the battle for The Champion of Editing Videogame Metadata, pitting Friendly Dan against Hacker Dan.

    Things Champ'd Up thinks are uniquely American

    When I play Jackbox Games with my friends, I enable the 'filter US-centric content'. But what does that actually do? Let's swiftly do a bit of easy reverse-engineering on one of my favourite games in the series, Champ'd Up, and find out... what the developer thinks "US-centric" means!

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1125 words)

    • Article
    • posted 19 September, 2026
  • Thieves' Cant tableau at the end of a game of Dialect, with cards strewn around the table.

    The Ballad of John Crawford

    Dan and his friends play a second game of Dialect, this time as a criminal gang on Portsmouth docks.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1130 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 9 March, 2021
  • Image representing post: The British-Irish Dialect Quiz

    The British-Irish Dialect Quiz



    What is your name for the playground game in which one child chases the rest and anyone who is touched becomes the pursuer?

    New York Times
    Pretty accurate for me, although my answers to some of the questions - representing the diversity of places around Great Britain that I've lived and some of the โ€ฆ

    Read more (70 words)

    • Repost
    • posted 3 April, 2019
  • An opened food tin.

    The Worst Joke I Ever Heard

    After refusing to share it for over twenty years, Dan performs his first (and only) re-telling of the worst joke he ever heard.

    Read more - about 7 minutes (1447 words)

    • Article
    • 7 comments
    • posted 16 April, 2013
  • Image representing post: Northern Radio

    Northern Radio

    While standing in the shower and listening to a local radio station, in Lancashire, Dan considers the impact of moving around the country on his perception of different dialects.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (557 words)

    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 17 January, 2012

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