Phonetic overcompensation, one form of hypercorrection, can be compared and contrasted with overregularization. Sociolinguists often note hypercorrection in terms of pronunciation (phonology). One documented linguistic effect of linguistic insecurity is hypercorrection. This linguistic choice is apparent in ethnic hypercorrection. This suggests that familiarity with the information may be part of producing the hypercorrection effect. These perceptions involve the likes of listener "hypocorrection" and hypercorrection. The prestige given to "r" was also evident in the hypercorrection observed in lower-class speech. In other words, "virii" is a hypercorrection. That often causes hypercorrection of the sounds to a or . When analyzing the test results, the researchers determined that a powerful hypercorrection effect was present. Yet, hypercorrection effects have mostly been studied by observation only of past scenarios.