Linguistics

[Sumeri]

...??
Can anyone tell me what the hell does a Singaporean dialect sound like? I don't understand XD I've been taught British English, though usually I lean more towards American English. Oh well

[KauniitaUnia]

Well, the first language option is pretty accurate, as English is my first language and I'm learning Swedish... I don't know why Finnish came up there though, as although their countries are close geographically the languages are very different. Weird.
The dialect was a bit wonky; Welsh is close geography-wise but the Welsh dialect is very different from South-Eastern English, which is what I actually speak. As for New Zealandish and Australian - it could make sense seeing that they were English colonies and inherited some of our dialect, but other than that, what?

[Guardian G.I.]

Лолшто?

I guess the mix of Runglish and half-forgotten English Grammar university courses confused the algorithm. I'm definitely not Spanish or African American.

[Shine]

Result:

Singaporean                          English
American (Standard)           Swedish
Australian                              Romanian

This is weird
The English dialects list is okay, people tell me my English is very generic, but I don't know what to think about the other list:
1. I'm very flattered that it thinks I'm English.
2. Maybe it's the German?
3. Romanian is very similar to Italian, so...close enough?

[urbicande]

Ebonics?  Seriously?  I can see Dutch as a guess, though. I've often said that the Dutch speak better English than the English do.

[Lovelia]

It's slightly off-grid.
1st Dialect more or less correct although I would love to be able to sound british. 
Native language... naaah. I speak German which is "Deutsch" but the spelling is pretty close (haha!) and I can somewhat understand Dutch too since it's similar.
But seriously? Vietnamese?  Again not that far from where I live. Filipino/Cebuano would've been correct.

Interesting analysis. Shall share with fellow friends.
Thanks for sharing, Viola! ^_^

[DarkRawen]

Our top three guesses for your English dialect:

1. American (Standard)
2. Canadian
3. Singaporean

Our top three guesses for your native (first) language:

1. English
2. Norwegian
3. Dutch

Ehm, given that I spent 3 years in Wales, and otherwise speak Norwegian, I'm not entirely sure how accurate this is. The first thing is inaccurate, the second sort of is accurate? I suppose I should be flattered if they think my first language is English, though. >_>

Don't get what the Singaporean is about, though.

[DB (f.k.a. DaveBro)]

We have just the one "meow" in the States, with purring described as "purr purr purr". A small or cute meow might be a "mew". I've also seen "mrow!"

To call my cat, I actually whistle loudly. He comes running, just like a dog!

Meghan, if you don't have a Russian Blue--your "cat" *might* be a dog with a fish fetish!    OK, jk.

The cat calling I've seen in the States is often "Kitikitikiti!  Here, Kitikitikiti!", in a kind of falsetto, to carry.  (It's almost like practicing tonguing notes for the flute.  )  Alternatively, when exhausted by fruitlessly calling "Kitikitikiti!  Here, Kitikitikiti!", one slows down to "Here, Kitty, Here Kitty, Here Kitty!".

[Krisse Kovacs]

in hungarian, they say miau, but I even heard nyau too, and I have no idea how to write the purring imitation.
purring mean "dorombolás", we kind of joke that imitate the purring by saying "doromb-doromb"

[urbicande]

This made me remember a nursery rhyme book I used to read for my kids when they were babies. One rhyme was about four old cats named Miu, Mau, Mou and Miumaumou =)

Some cats also say niu.

I have no cats myself, but my ex-girlfriend's cats were basically silent other than purring.

[ryagami]

Serbian cats say "mjau" (mutual inteligibility with Norwegian cats?).

We call them with "mac, mac, mac", which probably comes from "maca", i.e. kitty. Interestingly, we shoo them away with "pis".

[Cliodna]

For what it's worth, an estonian cat goes "mjäu" or "näu". The purring noise is called "nurrumine" and the onomatopeia for it is "nurr nurr nurr". We call them with "kis-kis-kis" or "kiisu kiisu kiisu" (meaning "kitty kitty kitty"). We shoo them with "Kõss!" or "Kõtt!"
(Also, Miisu seems to be the default name for a cat. Most people I know default to Miisu when they either don't know or can't remember the actual name of the cat in question)

[Sunflower]

For what it's worth, an estonian cat goes "mjäu" or "näu". The purring noise is called "nurrumine" and the onomatopeia for it is "nurr nurr nurr". We call them with "kis-kis-kis" or "kiisu kiisu kiisu" (meaning "kitty kitty kitty"). We shoo them with "Kõss!" or "Kõtt!"
(Also, Miisu seems to be the default name for a cat. Most people I know default to Miisu when they either don't know or can't remember the actual name of the cat in question)

Interesting.  Is there a similar common cat name in Finnish?  Would that explain why the prologue Hotakainens' cat is called Misu-Misu?

[Pessi]

In Finnish misu used to be a common word for cat, but it's meaning has wandered a little and nowadays it's mostly used as a synonym for "sexy girl". Misse however is still a word that means unequivocally a cat. It used to be a common name for cats as well, just like Musti and Peni were common names for dogs.

[Bobriha]

In Finnish misu used to be a common word for cat, but it's meaning has wandered a little and nowadays it's mostly used as a synonym for "sexy girl". Misse however is still a word that means unequivocally a cat. It used to be a common name for cats as well, just like Musti and Peni were common names for dogs.

In Finnish textbooks when mentioned, cats are often called Mirri. Is it common name for them in Finland?
In Russian there are similar looking Мурка (Murka, for female cats) and Мурзик (Murzik, for males) which are even used as synonym to word "cat".