Even one of the UK’s most famous couples isn’t free from accent discrimination. Bakounine / Shutterstock Accentism – discriminating against someone because of their accent – has a long history in the ...
Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchel in the BBC soap opera Eastenders. BBC Or maybe you think of Dame Barbara Windsor, who died on December 9. She was a cockney icon, born in 1937 in Shoreditch, east ...
An Indian professional working in London has sparked a relatable conversation online after sharing how challenging it can be to follow workplace meetings when most of her British colleagues speak with ...
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People who speak with accents perceived as ‘working-class’ including those from Liverpool, Newcastle, Bradford and London risk being stereotyped as more likely to have committed a crime, and becoming ...