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Buckler
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 Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 5:56 pm Post subject: Newspaper article about implications of accented English |
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Hello everybody!
Indian newspaper prints an article about how accented English limits people's opportunities on the job market:
http://canindia.com/2013/06/has-our-indian-accent-has-made-us-the-butt-of-jokes/
Many call centers nowadays are located in India. You could be calling to a local company (such as bank, travel agency, etc in US, Canada, Australia) but the call will be forwarded to India somewhere and answered there.
Those people are definitely under pressure to speak excellent English |
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Afra
Joined: 10 Jul 2013
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Yes you are right! What is an accent?
An accent is a way of pronouncing a language. It is therefore impossible to speak without an accent.
Some people may think they do not have an accent. Or you may think that there are other people who do not have an accent. Everyone has an accent. The term 'accentless' is sometimes used (by non-linguists) about people who speak one of the high prestige 'reference' accents (such as 'General American' or, less commonly, 'RP'), which are associated with people from a fairly wide region and with people of high social class. But these are also accents.
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