Looking for info: a friend is working on a piece about accents. Does your accent have any baggage associated with it? Were you encouraged to speak in a different way growing up? Were you taught that certain accents meant certain things?
Yeah, there is this notion that there is a "neutral accent" and anything that deviates stands out. Some people say it's from Lisbon (so it wasn't an issue for me), others from Coimbra.
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True. I'd say the closest one would Coimbra. But I honestly think there isn't a thing as neutral. It is only neutral from one's own standpoint, and not the next person.
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I think the prejudice against farmers comes from medieval times, when the royal court used a distinct dialect (and in some cases, language) to the people. One easy way to see this in action is to hear which accent they gave Shrek in different dubs.
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