English History Forum:
Discrimination because of accents.
Posted by: Simon () on 16 Jul 2003 at 11:33:09 AM
In-Reply-To: Accents posted by anonymous on 6:27:35 PM 25 Aug 2002
: : Why do the British talk with an accent and how did it evolve? I think that the British talk with an accent to show their cultural background, and how proud they are of their cultural background. But i do think that people who talk with an accent can be discriminated, Harry Enfield’s comedic sketch of the tracksuit lovers always pops into my mind when I hear people from liverpool speaking. Whenever I hear Dee- Daas’ from Sheffield I always think f the life of grime programme that can give me a bad impression of the people who come from Sheffield.These are examples that give me bad impressions of people because of their accent.
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: Do they ? I have never noticed. But I have one question myself. Why do americans speak with an accent and how
: did it evolve ?
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