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More recent studies of exogamy in traditional cultures shows that when women move from one tribe to another in traditional cultures, they tend to be hyper-correct about imitating the new culture.
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After I got called out for saying dorf, I began to hyper-correct to the point where I now pronounce sword as swored.
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Impressively, this is reflected in the play, with Grandmother Bessie pouring on the wide and drooping accent of her generation (very accurately delivered by Kathy C. Swango) and her granddaughter Jane vascillating between a hyper-correct, unaccented tone and the pull of her surroundings.
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This isn't very satisfying in the short term, but: hyper-correct honeyed politeness.
Ask MetaFilter waltz9 2010
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Schoolchildren repeatedly being told not to drop Hs may cause them to hyper-correct and insert them where they don't exist, such as in the pronunciation of the letter H itself.
BBC News - Home 2010
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Then a faint, exhausted, hyper-correct voice inquired, with just a trace of counterfeit English accent,
Pioneers of Alienation and 50s Sci-Fi at Thing Street Asylum 8
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