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<blockquote data-quote="bristol-iain" data-source="post: 290081"><p>We had to do something similar at GCSE level. Personally I don't have an accent but some words come out as Welsh, Bristolian and (apparentley I've got a South Coast accent I wasnt even aware there was sch a thing).</p><p></p><p>We went on a bout trust people have in certain accents. Thats why every person (toff) on Radio 4 sounds posh, it wants their audience to trust what they are saying. Even on local BBC News stations they don't have that strong a local accent, it's because the BBC, somewhat old fashionedly, hold a regional accent as untrustwothy for things like the news.</p><p></p><p>Swing it to call centres, when you phone a call centre you react differently to who you hear. When I worked for the Passport Service I worked with someone who was from Southport and has a Scouse accent, we had the same caller in a week and she mentioned to me that she needed a second opinion from someone who, and I quote, "Is unlikley to steal my Hi-Fi".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bristol-iain, post: 290081"] We had to do something similar at GCSE level. Personally I don't have an accent but some words come out as Welsh, Bristolian and (apparentley I've got a South Coast accent I wasnt even aware there was sch a thing). We went on a bout trust people have in certain accents. Thats why every person (toff) on Radio 4 sounds posh, it wants their audience to trust what they are saying. Even on local BBC News stations they don't have that strong a local accent, it's because the BBC, somewhat old fashionedly, hold a regional accent as untrustwothy for things like the news. Swing it to call centres, when you phone a call centre you react differently to who you hear. When I worked for the Passport Service I worked with someone who was from Southport and has a Scouse accent, we had the same caller in a week and she mentioned to me that she needed a second opinion from someone who, and I quote, "Is unlikley to steal my Hi-Fi". [/QUOTE]
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