flapping - 2026 ACF Regionals

Packet N: Tossup 10

The Withgott effect blocks this manner of articulation in words chunked into morphological feet like “militarism.” In 2005, a labiodental (10[1])sound with this manner of articulation (10[2]-5[1])found in some (10[1])central African languages was assigned (-5[1])the (-5[1])newest (-5[1])IPA symbol, (10[1]-5[2])V with (-5[1])rightward (-5[1])hook. (10[1]-5[1])Some American English dictionaries (-5[1])put a (10[1])haček (“HAH-check”) diacritic below T to indicate this manner of articulation. (-5[1])This less-deliberate manner of articulation (-5[1])contrasts with another type of vibrant in which high pressure causes repeated contact between two articulators, (-5[1])like Spanish’s trilled (-5[1])double (0[1])R. In a (10[1])counterbleeding order, this articulation must apply after Canadian raising (10[1])in words like “writer” and “rider.” (-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the IPA symbol fishhook-R (10[1])represents an alveolar consonant (10[1])of what manner of articulation characterized by a single (-5[1])brief flicking motion? (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[16])

ANSWER: flapping [or tapping; or flap or tap; or flap consonant or tap consonant; accept intervocalic flapping or alveolar flapping]

<OL, Social Science> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B

= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes

Player	Team	Opponent	Buzzpoint	Value
Ben LaFond	Cambridge B	Durham	19	10
Victor Xu	Toronto G	Queen's	25	10
Pace Klein	CWRU A	CWRU B	25	10
Jonathan Huang	MIT	Harvard A	25	-5
Tok Shing Henry Wong	Cambridge C	Edinburgh B	28	10
Artem Borisov	Bristol	Imperial C	33	-5
Aiden Bang	Johns Hopkins B	Columbia A	34	-5
Scott Sibley	UC Irvine	UC Santa Barbara	35	-5
Jay Misuk	Western C	Guelph	37	-5
Yiwei Jiang	NYU C	Columbia C	37	-5
Ian Parsons	Maryland C	NYU A	37	10
Franklin Wu	Toronto C	Ottawa	39	-5
Ben Hellman	Swarthmore	Johns Hopkins A	40	-5
Yash Modi	Western B	Toronto B	41	-5
Jackson Price	Dartmouth B	Harvard B	41	10
Paige Crawley	Oxford B	Imperial A	45	-5
Tianyi Zheng	UCSD C	Arizona State	47	10
Rohan Navaneetha Raj	Ohio State B	Ohio State C	57	-5
Ariel Faeder	Pittsburgh	Michigan A	62	-5
Zach Foster	City St. George's	UCL	78	-5
Milan Fernandez	Brock	Waterloo A	81	-5
John Mitnik	Columbia C	NYU C	82	0
Chris Dech	Brandeis A	Bowdoin A	85	10
Ethen Sun	Toronto D	McGill A	94	10
John Chen	UBC A	Waterloo B	100	-5
Alex Bellon	UCSD A	UCSD B	103	10
Andy Yu	Maryland A	John Jay	107	10
Christopher Bradley	Southern Connecticut State	Brandeis B	111	10
Adil Haider	McMaster A	Western A	120	-5
Dennis Reppen	Imperial A	Oxford B	123	10
Dmitri Anh-Minh Tran	UC Santa Barbara	UC Irvine	124	0
Andrew Nucci	UCLA B	UCLA A	124	10
Saju Ramraj	Toronto F	McGill B	124	10
Jesse Chusing	Ottawa	Toronto C	124	10
Ishan Joshi	Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto E	124	0
Amir Dolansky	Toronto E	Toronto Metropolitan	124	0
Mari Montoya	Waterloo B	UBC A	124	10
Yusuf Baig	McMaster B	UBC B	124	0
Yoyo Liu	UBC B	McMaster B	124	10
Michael Du	Waterloo A	Brock	124	10
David Vellojin	Western A	McMaster A	124	10
Ben Wismath	Toronto B	Western B	124	10
Todd Maslyk	Michigan A	Pittsburgh	124	10
Rachel Fanous	Michigan B	Michigan C	124	0
Thomas Jenkins	Michigan C	Michigan B	124	0
Roxanne Tang	Ohio State A	Michigan State	124	0
Jason Thieu	Michigan State	Ohio State A	124	0
Jacob Goodson	Ohio State C	Ohio State B	124	0
Matthew Forster	Dartmouth A	Bowdoin B	124	0
Rafael Castro	Imperial C	Bristol	124	0
Delia Cropper	Oxford A	LSE	124	10
Andrew Massaro	Catholic	Vassar	124	0
Ezra Siegartel	Vassar	Catholic	124	0
Eric Morshed	Johns Hopkins A	Swarthmore	124	10
Robert Wang	Columbia A	Johns Hopkins B	124	0
Xavier Bornhorst	Maryland B	Rutgers A	124	0
Alex Wong	Rutgers A	Maryland B	124	0

Summary

Tournament	Edition	Match	Heard	Conv. %	Neg %	Avg. Buzz
California (South)	Main Site	✓	4	75%	25%	91.33
Canada	Main Site	✓	11	82%	55%	109.67
Great Lakes	Main Site	✓	5	40%	40%	74.50
Northeast	Main Site	✓	5	60%	20%	79.00
UK	Main Site	✓	6	67%	50%	73.50
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	✓	8	38%	38%	89.33