Question

A 2009 study by Kara Becker discusses how variation in this feature builds place identity, noting that older people did not use this feature in talking about their neighborhood. In a study of Say Yes to the Dress, bridal consultants modulate use of this feature depending on perceived willingness to pay. The high-prestige dialect in antebellum Charleston (15[1])was marked (15[1])by the absence of this (15[1])feature, (15[1]-5[1])which reversed from low to high-prestige in (*) New (10[1])York City (10[1])after WWII. (10[3])The prestige of this feature unusually reverses polarity between the dominant dialects of American and British English. (10[1]-5[1])Lower-middle-class people aspirationally adopted this feature in a survey of three NYC department stores (10[1])that asked people to pronounce “fourth floor.” (10[1])For 10 points, urban East Coast accents (10[1])exhibit (10[1])what feature of pronouncing “r”s? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: rhoticity [prompt on descriptive answers like pronouncing “r”s; reject “prestige”] (The Say Yes to the Dress study is by Maeve Eberhardt and Corinne Downs.)
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= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023N6100%17%50%95.17
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%101.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%100%33%61.67
2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%0%87.33
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%0%98.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y475%0%25%110.33
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y367%33%0%74.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Erik ChristensenThe Passion According to C.H.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz5615
Natan HoltzmanStanford AIt's Joever5815
Vinu HariharBerkeley BStanford B6315
Eve FleisigBerkeley A[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]6415
Jason Golfinos[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Berkeley A64-5
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BUG Championship Players (and Mazin)7210
EoinBuzzers KaramazovOxford Hornets7410
Collin AceRutgers DiasporaMaryland B+7610
Sarod NoriCornell B-Cornell C++7610
Kevin Wangmeet the new weird, same as the old weirdWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again7610
Young Fenimore LeeWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUHouston and friends93-5
Colin VeeversNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleMilan et al.9310
Ashish SubramanianGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs10710
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrynats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft11410
Jacob EgolFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find ThemMaryland A12110
MichaelBroken Imperial NomadsMagisters Ludi12210
Kenji ShimizuRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq12710
Arya KarthikThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy BHutto Hippos12810
Ash SeetharamanHouston and friendsWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU1280
Martin ProfantParth et al.Cameron et al.1280
Andrej VukovicCameron et al.Parth et al.1280