Talking proper – could accent bias harm your job prospects?

Talking proper – could accent bias harm your job prospects?

“There’s no such thing as an ugly accent,” says linguist David Crystal, “like there’s no such thing as an ugly flower.” But is that true? Do we respond equally to voices speaking with any accent? Research led by Professors Devyani Sharma and Erez Levon suggests that accent bias is alive and well in Britain – in fact attitudes have changed little in the last fifty years.

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