Quizzes, Sociology Quizzes / March 2012

Regional Accents Quiz

Question 1
In the United States, regional accents are





Question 2
What is a major reason why some southerners try to lose their accent?





Question 3
According to the MSNBC article, about how many major regional accents are there in the United States?





Question 4
On the Nationwide Speech Project map, what is one state that has a large area where, in general, the people do not have a distinct regional accent?





Question 5
According to the Nationwide Speech Project article, a person who pronounces the word doctor as if it were spelled dactor is probably from







One Comment

  1. Lori says:
    March 2012 at 2:51 pm

    The answer to how many regional accents are there in the U.S. is not in the preceding article.