Accent and Dialect articles by Neil Hussey https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12 Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2022-01-12 11:07:24 UTC 2026-01-24 03:00:53 UTC hello@padlet.com BBC article By Chi Luu 23rd May 2017 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988059731 Some of us will speak with a posher voice if we think it will make the right impression, but is it worth it? Accents are more than just about how we speak]]> 2022-01-12 11:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988059731 Accents are an important part of peoples identity. https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988061267 2022-01-12 12:00:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988061267 nhussey1973 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988062469 2022-01-12 12:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988062469 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988062482 Accents are what make people deem you intelligent or daft]]> 2022-01-12 12:01:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988062482 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988063295 Daniel Lavelle
The rise of ‘accent softening’ and more people are changing how they speak
20th March 2019]]> 2022-01-12 12:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988063295 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988063981 The Daniel lavelle is from the Guardian]]> 2022-01-12 12:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988063981 The Conversation https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988064643 A study carried out similar to Labov’s found that working class and ethnic minority groups are considered to be less intelligent and less friendly compared to those who speak with RP]]> 2022-01-12 12:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988064643 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988065029
Dixon and Mahoney 2002

Perceived guilty of a person's who was said to have committed a crime increased when they heard a brummie accent
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dialects may die as computers strip the beauty from language

]]> 2022-01-12 12:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988065638 By Chi Luu https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988065708 Writes about how they speak posher because accent is associated with intelligence E.g politicians ]]> 2022-01-12 12:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988065708 katy guest-the guardian https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988066994 we need to embrace regional accents and make the effort to understand each other ]]> 2022-01-12 12:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988066994 Joanne Robinson.- British library https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988067289 Accents and dialects of Northern Ireland 
-Gaelic speaker's numbers have slowly declined. 
-they use a rhotic 'r' sound and 'roll' their r's 
-Vowel sounds of the northern Irish is closely related to northern English 

Speak in a highly covert prestige

]]> 2022-01-12 12:05:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988067289 Helen Ashton 12/05/13 (British council) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988067360 Accents can affect how intelligent or attractive you are perceived to be, and can potentially affect results in exams, trials and job interviews.]]> 2022-01-12 12:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988067360 Daily mail https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988068377 One in five people change their accent to more RP when in formal situations, e.g. in a job interview]]> 2022-01-12 12:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988068377 The conversation article by Alexander Baratta https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988068387 Teachers have been told to speak in less broad accents versions of their accents because it’s said to be better understood and to construct a more professional identity ]]> 2022-01-12 12:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988068387 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988068871 If you can’t embrace regional dialect, you can kiss my chuddies
Katy Guest

]]> 2022-01-12 12:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988068871 Darren Boyle (Daily Mail) 23/11/19 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069417
Over-40s are more biased against people with regional accents than younger Britons and deem people from the regions less employable than others who speak with the Queen's English



]]> 2022-01-12 12:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069417 Devyani Sharma - The Conversation https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069584 Same accents from 50 years ago are still considered the accents of high prestige

Still negative bias upon covert prestige due to stereotypes

younger people tend not to judge accents, however over 40s deemed working class London accents as incompetent for job roles


]]> 2022-01-12 12:07:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069584 The Guardian Daniel Lavelle https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069600 The rise of ‘accent softening’: why more and more people are changing their voices since a broad regional accent might hold you in good stead in some jobs]]> 2022-01-12 12:07:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069600 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069769
Research by Dr Alexander Baratta shows that many teachers from northern England feel under pressure to soften the edges of their regional accents. Here, Dr Baratta argues that society’s problem with accents could have more to do with perception than pronunciation.
The way we talk can reveal a lot about us and our origins – in terms of region, class and ethnicity. The UK has a wide variety of accents but not all are created equal – with some accents deemed to be more socially acceptable than others.
Outside RP, all British accents are, by definition, regional. And yet there are different incarnations of each regional accent. The Mancunian accent, for example, comes in several varieties which could range from ‘broad’ to ‘posh’ with a more ‘general’ sounding accent in between. 
]]> 2022-01-12 12:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988069769 Darren Boyle- the daily mail https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988072226 Regional accents make younger people less unemployable than many with RP.
French accented English is highly favoured with employers.]]> 2022-01-12 12:09:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988072226 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988072406 Daily Mail March

  • The Queen's English was the top rated accent according to new research 
  • French-accented English and Edinburgh accented English also rated highly
  • Scouse, Cockney, Essex and Brummie accents all received negative ratings 
opinions found 50 years ago in a survey by Howard Giles remain today. In a new survey of attitudes to 38 different British accents, we found that exactly the same accents continue to attract high prestige - received pronunciation, the Queen's English, French-accented English, Edinburgh English, one's own accent - and the same accents continue to receive low ratings, particularly ethnic minority accents (Indian) and historically industrial urban accents (Cockney, Liverpool, Essex, Birmingham).
]]> 2022-01-12 12:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988072406 Simon Jenkins - Ever Changing Accents (The Guardian) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988078505 Hollmann believes they should not be encouraged to think their home dialect is “incorrect” and somehow inferior to standard English. If they prefer the northern “I were” for “I was”, that is their choice. ]]> 2022-01-12 12:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988078505 The conversation - Rob Drummant https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988078575 Slang shouldn’t be banned because banning it only makes young people more self conscious and less adaptable and there’s no such thing as proper English just English that’s more or less appropriate in certain situations ]]> 2022-01-12 12:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988078575 The conversation - Rob Pembollorick(?) https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988080601 Southerners mock yorkshire dialect yet yorkshire dialect is quite similar to estuary english and is one of the most trusted accents ]]> 2022-01-12 12:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988080601 The Guardian https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988095571 People feel pressured to change their accents due to being mocked or applying for certain jobs.]]> 2022-01-12 12:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988095571 The guardian- accent softening https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988096299 Went to London from manchester with accent and mocked for the way he spoke so made him want to soften his regional accent. 
Regional dialects show where people are from but also: info on social class but also broad accents can be a barrier for social mobility. ]]> 2022-01-12 12:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988096299 https://padlet.com/nhussey1973/ady12/wish/1988096627 https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170523-does-your-accent-make-you-sound-smarter


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