Thread! ~10 years of living in the UK and getting regularly mocked for my accent in a "friendly" way I still find it humiliating.https://twitter.com/vivalaveloz/status/870126785308094464 …
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It's rooted in a deep-seated contempt of people from "the colonies" (or whatever) and it's obviously because they see me as lesser.
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Also I'm not bilingual because of any explicit effort. I just was brought up that way. Much respect to those who learned at school.
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Notwithstanding tho, I made a huge effort to change my accent from when I moved to UK to avoid abuse and comments.
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Similar stories are easy to find, my dad also changed his accent to avoid classism within UK, Sandi Toksvig changed to avoid bullying, etc.
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Yeah, as an immigrant I wouldn't set up a poll on what people think about my accent.. people tell me without asking and I find it upsetting
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*offers hugs*
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