Is it okay to judge people on the accent they have? Is it okay to pre-judge their intelligence by the way they speak ?
Beryl Bainbridge thinks so.She quotes she wants all regional accents to be "wiped out"and recommends children to take elocution lessons.Especially those with a Liverpool twang which she "hates".Research has also shown that people with a Liverpool or Birmingham accent are less appealing to employers.This doesn't surprise me as although i find it wrong and selfish, people from these backgrounds have very strong accents and this could be the reason in to why employers see it as "less acceptable" as people may find it hard to understand them.But cant people just except that people do speak with different accents?
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