This article written by Hannah Jane Parkinson surrounds the topic of how accent leads us to be judged, even before people know us.
She explains how in the adult world, applying for jobs should not be phased by how strong your accent is. As a Liverpudlian, she talks about how she has felt the need to 'neutralise' her accent in order to come across as more 'posh'. Despite Esther McVey's (Liverpool born employment minister) statement that we should not balance out our accents in order to 'get ahead in life'.
She also talks about past experiences of being mocked when returning to her home city. The fact that she changes her accent according to where she is has led to her being accused of being 'posh' for pronouncing 'yeah' as 'yah'.
The overall verdict of this opinion based article is that Parkinson believes that we should not have to hide our accent just to make ourselves be seen as people we aren't. Even though we are judged according to this in the society we live in, it's not right. Changing accents hides who we really are, a part of our identity - which is not something we should strive for in life.
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