Is a Southern accent a political liability?
Sez David Freddoso:
It takes conscious effort for some New Englanders to overcome the First Impression that Southern Accent doesn’t equal perhaps deliberate ignorance…Yes, it’s prejudice, but try and get a New Englander, a genuine Yankee, to admit a shortcoming like this. It’s almost always rationalized as something else, and thinly…
This doesn’t bode well for a number of candidates if they aren’t adept at code shifting.
There’s a link below to a fun accent quiz and it correctly labeled me a Southerner (Imagine, that!). But the quiz didn’t ask me about any of these; I guess they’re my bonus points.
| What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The South
That’s a Southern accent you’ve got there. You may love it, you may hate it, you may swear you don’t have it, but whatever the case, we can hear it. |
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| The Inland North |
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| The Northeast |
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| The Midland |
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| Philadelphia |
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| The West |
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| North Central |
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| Boston |
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| What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on Go ToQuiz |
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(via Instapundit)