Reflection

I have learned that many people try to sound more intelligent by changing their dialect. The survey went really well. The writing was a little hard because it is not easy to write about something based on numbers and survey data. Next time I would probably choose a research question that has more information to write about.

Recommendations

Further Research
I think new research questions about which dialect is used most needs to be investigated. I think we need to study how intelligent different dialects sound to different people.

Social Change
Based on what I have learned, I think we should change how we judge people with dialects other than our own. For example, we shouldn't think that someone is stupid just because they have a Southern accent or use Southern slang.

Conclusion

My conclusion is that the majority of people do change their dialect to sound more intelligent. Only 18 percent of everyone that took the survey said that the never change their dialect. 36 percent of everyone that took the survey said that they sometimes change their dialect to sound more intelligent. I think that for the majority of people who do change their dialect to sound more intelligent it depends on where they are and who they are with.