Tag: Regionality

Accentism: is it time for protected status?

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Accentism: is it time for protected status? A recent study from Northumbria University has suggested that people with strong northern English accents are viewed as ‘less intelligent’ and ‘less educated’ than their southern counterparts. The study, titled Speaking of Prejudice, which was reported in The Times, concluded that accentism causes “profound” social, economic and educational harm for those with...
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UK’s top universities urged to act on classism and accent prejudice

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UK's top universities urged to act on classism and accent prejudice Universities must act to eradicate discrimination against working-class students, including the mockery of regional accents, equality campaigners have said. A Guardian investigation has found widespread evidence of students at some of the country’s leading universities being ridiculed over their accents and backgrounds, in some...
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Accentism is alive and well – and it doesn’t only affect the north of England

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Accentism is alive and well – and it doesn’t only affect the north of England “It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him,” George Bernard Shaw wrote in the preface to Pygmalion in 1913. Recent headlines suggest that accent prejudice (or “accentism”) is no relic of the past but continues to...
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