English History Forum:
Judged with an accent
Posted by: Antony () on 16 Jul 2003 at 12:05:05 PM
In-Reply-To: English accent posted by anonymous on 9:36:59 PM 26 Jul 2002
: Why do the British talk with an accent and how did it evolve?I think that people talk with an accent to show their cultural background, but i also believe that people who speak witha broad accent do so to be judged. The first think you hear when speaking to a person is their accent and 99% of the time that I speak to a person who has an accent i judge them. I automatically think of a stereotype of that accent and it gives me a bad impression.
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