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Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which UK accent was voted the most UNattractive by YouGov voters in 2014?
Received Pronunciation
Welsh
Brummie
Scouse
According to COMRES (2013) what percentage of employees admitted to discriminating against prospective employees based on their accent?
20%
40%
60%
80%
Which accent do you assume had the most INTELLIGENT stereotypes attached to it (according to COMRES 2013)?
Cockney
Received Pronunciation
Scottish
Yorkshire
If the Brummie, Scouse, and Mancunian accents consistently score low in the public's estimations, we could accuse the public of being:
Racist
Sexist
Classist
Socialist
Which accent do you assume was voted the LEAST intelligent by COMRES voters in 2013?
Received Pronunciation
Cockney
Scouse
Scottish
What accent was assumed MOST friendly by COMRES (2013)?
Cockney
Devon
Received Pronunciation
Scottish
Northern English accents tend to have a
Long A
Short A
Southern English accents tend to have a
Short A
Long A
Which accent below is RHOTIC?
Welsh
Cockney
Scottish
Received Pronunciation
Who discovered that listeners assumed positive associations with an RP accent?
Lakoff
Cheyne
Mahoney
Tannen
What celebrity has an RP accent?
Danny Dyer
Prince Harry
Wayne Rooney
David Beckham
Which teacher has a cockney accent?
Mrs. White
Mr. Pedder
Mr. Trotman
Mr. Woolcock
Which teacher has a West Country accent?
Mr. Kesterton
Ms. Rodger
Mr. Richards
Ms. Tossell
The West Country accent has a HARD R sound. What is this called?
Glottal Stop
Rhotic R
Upward Convergence
Vowel shift
Predict: Which UK accent do you think is most likely to be found guilty by a jury?
Received Pronunciation
Scouse
Scottish
Brummie
The Brummie accent is often perceived negatively, this might be because unlike most accents it has a:
Upward intonation
Downward intonation
Glottal stop
Monothongs
What accent did you have to have if you wanted to work at the BBC before the 1970s?
Scottish
Welsh
Received Pronunciation
Scouse
Received Pronunciation is also referred to as:
King's English
Queen's English
English English
Royal English
Regional accents are more likely to be assumed INTELLIGENT than Received Pronunciation
True
False
Regional accents are more likely to be assumed FRIENDLY than Received Pronunciation
True
False
Received Pronunciation is what type of accent?
Geography-specific
Age-specific
Gender-specific
Class-specific
Why has Received Pronunciation picked up more negative assumptions post 2000?
Post-colonialism
Assumed elitism
Anti-Conservative backlash
All of the above
