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rujeltaoser

03-30-2011 08:59 PM

Did you ever take a person less seriously because of their accent?

KeettyGlots

03-30-2011 09:06 PM

I usuAlly take-ah people speaking with Italian accent-ah less-ah seriously. They-ah sound-ah ridiculous.

shanice

03-30-2011 09:14 PM

I don't take Provost Harrison seriously. Not sure the accent is to blame though.

DioraMoostebeers

03-30-2011 09:20 PM

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Well, of course a southerner would say that.

you must never have seen Deliverance. Most scariest movie ever made.http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/scared.gif

staisacic

03-30-2011 09:21 PM

Sadly, yes.

Of course most most smart people stuck with a dumb accent learn to "upgrade" their speech.

gorbasevhuynani

03-30-2011 09:24 PM

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Sadly, yes.

Of course most most smart people stuck with a dumb accent learn to "upgrade" their speech.

Actually, i understand what you mean. When i went into the army I use to get made fun of because of my Texas accent. Took me awhile to lose it. Now people tell me I don't sound like i am from Texas when they ask where I call home.

LeaderBiz

03-30-2011 09:29 PM

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From the audio, you most certainly sound like a Texan.

must of came back

Pasy	03-30-2011 09:30 PM

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New York can still be quasi-respectable. Maybe it's because I knew so many smart investment bankers with the accent.

But New Jersey and Philly? No way.
Never.

Exactly. It's only respectable to you because you've personally known people with a New York accent so you know to look past it. You meet some more intelligent people from Jersey and Philly and you would say the same things. Aint no never or no way.

tinetttstation

03-30-2011 09:34 PM

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But why would an intelligent person live in Jersey or Philly long enough to get an accent? Why would an intelligent person retain the accent if they ever had one?

Why did your investment banker friends retain their accent?

AsmViktor

03-30-2011 09:36 PM

American Standard, the accent of news anchors, originates in Nebraska.

VarenHokalos

03-30-2011 09:37 PM

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American Standard, the accent of news anchors, originates in Nebraska.

Exactly. It's the accent of backwoods hillbillies. **** that ****.

Philly, Jersey, New York http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif Mid-Atlantic. That's ****ing America and how civilized people sound http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Intory

03-30-2011 09:38 PM

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Exactly. It's the accent of backwoods hillbillies. **** that ****.

Philly, Jersey, New York http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif That's ****ing America and how civilized people sound http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/huh.gif speak for yourself

CruzIzabella

03-30-2011 09:44 PM

Kansas City and its environs are in a border zone between American Standard, and Ozark. Makes for an interesting mix, with most people being strongly one or the other, with little blending.

vNQmO2BF

03-30-2011 09:50 PM

And yes, Asher, it is WRONG.

It's accent discrimination. It's covered in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as pertaining to national origin.

TheBest-Host

03-30-2011 09:54 PM

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I'd rather have Tom Brokaw or Dan Rather be the voice of America as opposed to say Rudy Guiliani.

Interestingly enough Brian Williams of NBC is from Ridgewood, NJ.

Doesn't Rudy Guiliani have a lisp, though?

And Imran, you're from Jersey!

Dabdklwu

03-30-2011 10:13 PM

In the rest of the world it is believed that smart Americans live in the New York, Boston and Los Angeles area. Or perhaps that is how it was decades ago.

replrobin

03-30-2011 10:25 PM

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In the rest of the world it is believed that smart Americans live in the New York, Boston and Los Angeles area. Or perhaps that is how it was decades ago.

I can't deal with Bahstan accents either.

ebBPxIai

03-30-2011 10:42 PM

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Because they lived and worked in NYC and it doesn't sound dumb, it sounds New Yorker.

Why doesn't it sound dumb? Why do Jersey and Philly sound dumb and New Yorker doesn't?

Your whole logic is NYC accent isn't dumb because you've known smart investment bankers with that accent. Meet some smart people with Philly or Jersey accents (like that technical guy you made the thread about) and you'll be changing your tune.

EmxATW5m

03-30-2011 10:49 PM

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Boston http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/neeschud.gif

Just so you know, Barnabas, Boston isn't even relevant. It's a small city that doesn't even have a million people in it. In fact, it's the 22nd biggest US city by population between Baltimore and Seattle. In comparison, Philly is #5 in population, behind only NYC, LA, Chicago, and Houston.

Try telling that to Hahvahd

Alice_Medichi34

03-30-2011 10:58 PM

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Try telling that to Hahvahd

And what percentage of Harvard students are from the Boston area?

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