the cosmolinguist ([personal profile] cosmolinguist) wrote in [personal profile] jesse_the_k 2020-08-21 03:12 am (UTC)

Not just the North of England either, Birmingham accents are among the most reviled in the country. There's been research that the same words said in a Brummie accent sound "more guilty" than any other, and this has affected judges and juries.
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