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DOES YOUR ACCENT INDICATE YOUR INTELIGENCE?
This debate deals with the issue of social stratification based on one's accent/dialect. Are there really educated and "uneducated" accents?
Does your accent indicate your inteligence?
Yes, because... Is flat accent indicative of higher intelligence?
People with neutral accents often look down at people with thicker regional dialects.
The point opposite reflects prejudice held by people rather than an actual indicator of intelligence. What about the Scottish brogue accent which has been used by people with intelligence Menzies Campbell and Sean Connery. Also there are people who hold a strongly regional accent such as John Prescott who have a considerable amount of intelligence and hold senior positions
Vote on this point: Is flat accent indicative of higher intelligence?
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Does your accent indicate your inteligence?
Yes, because... Which is the best sounding accent in English?
Which English accent is most beautiful to listen to, which is the best comprehensible to people with English as second language?
Does your accent indicate your inteligence?
Yes, because... Are French spoken in France and Spanish in Spain superior to their American and African variants?
Or do you rather think that these differences are negligible?
Vote on this debate: Does your accent indicate your inteligence?
Modified:
30 Apr 2010
Point 1. Is flat accent indicative of higher intelligence?
People with neutral accents often look down at people with thicker regional dialects.
The point opposite reflects prejudice held by people rather than an actual indicator of intelligence. What about the Scottish brogue accent which has been used by people with intelligence Menzies Campbell and Sean Connery. Also there are people who hold a strongly regional accent such as John Prescott who have a considerable amount of intelligence and hold senior positions
Point 2. Which is the best sounding accent in English?
Which English accent is most beautiful to listen to, which is the best comprehensible to people with English as second language?
Point 3. Are French spoken in France and Spanish in Spain superior to their American and African variants?
Or do you rather think that these differences are negligible?