Accents by description - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
"Cot" and "Caught" are merged. Accent often mocked for the diphthong in "About" and "House" sounding a bit like "aboot" or "aboat" Standard Canadian
87%
Non-rhotic. Accent often mocked for words like "stupid" and "Tuesday" sounding similar to "chewsday" and "schewpid" Recieved Pronunciation
74%
In a strong version of the accent "i" sounds almost like "oi" and a hard "a" might sound like "aye" General Australian
61%
Very rhotic. Words with "i" sound similar to "oi". Often described as "sing-songy" Irish English
54%
Words like "lot" and "rod" are pronounced with an unrounded vowel, sounding like "laht" and "rahd" General American
51%
Vowel in “short e” words like "dress" or "bed" sound very similar to the vowel in "kit", and "short a" words like "hat" sound more like "het" New Zealand English
51%
Tends to pronounce diphthongs as straight vowels. "R"s are sometimes rolled Scottish Standard English
44%
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