accents Archives - Empoword Journalism https://www.empowordjournalism.com/tag/accents/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:46:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Is “Accent Bias” In Britain Still Far From Eradication? https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/is-accent-bias-in-britain-still-far-from-eradication/ https://www.empowordjournalism.com/all-articles/is-accent-bias-in-britain-still-far-from-eradication/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:46:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.com/?p=33686 Everyone has a telephone voice: high-pitched, smart and formal. But what if this extended beyond the phone and permeated your everyday life to the point where you feel that you have to alter who and what you are in order to ‘fit in’? This is the reality for many people with northern or regional accents, who feel that they have to tweak or mould themselves to fit in, to be taken seriously, or to get the job... For many, it becomes a performative daily dance, treading the fine line between conforming and stripping back parts of your identity.

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