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 | 73%
|
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 | 55%
|
Words like "lot" and "rod" are pronounced with an unrounded vowel, sounding like "laht" and "rahd" | General American | 52%
|
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 | 52%
|
Tends to pronounce diphthongs as straight vowels. "R"s are sometimes rolled | Scottish Standard English | 45%
|