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Tag Archives: Regional accents of English
If The Accent Fits, Should We Wear It?
Struggling this morning with a thumping headache brought on by an accidental glue-sniffing incident (long story) I was rather concerned I wouldn’t be able to think of anything to blog about. Getting the grey matter going was a slow job, until I … Continue reading
Posted in England and Things English, Expat Experiences, USA
Tagged English language, foreign accents, Linguistics, posh accents, Regional accents of English, social aspirations and accents, what accent should we have, what accents tell us about people, what we can tell about people from their accent
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