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    1. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013

      Actual @paulg quote on YC's evaluation criteria: "a really bad indication is a CEO with a strong foreign accent". http://2.dashes.com/16JHtHJ 

      28 replies 89 retweets 75 likes
    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Aug 2013
      Replying to @anildash

      @anildash I meant so strong that people can't understand them. It's fine if founders merely have accents.

      8 replies 7 retweets 11 likes
    3. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013
      Replying to @paulg

      .@paulg so you're saying that your statement in English wasn't clear enough to be properly understood?

      16 replies 31 retweets 160 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 27 Aug 2013
      Replying to @anildash

      @anildash The interview they printed was boiled down from a longer one. Plus this is a point people are eager to misunderstand.

      10:37 AM - 27 Aug 2013
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        1. Anil Dash‏Verified account @anildash 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg you've raised this kind of point many times. Would love to read an essay on how your pattern matching isn't systematic exclusion?

          2 replies 3 retweets 21 likes
        2. surroca‏ @surroca 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @anildash

          El @anildash i @paulg discutint sobre com afecten els accents a l' hora d'invertir. Val la pena llegir l'entrevista a Ink .

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        1. You and 52 others‏ @bahstgwamt 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg @anildash Are you going to post your own un-boiled-down copy of the interview so we can rebut the people who are eager to be wrong?

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        1. Jordan Kay‏ @_Jordan 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg @anildash No.

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        1.  🏳️‍🌈 Sam Kimbrel‏ @skimbrel 27 Aug 2013
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          @paulg @anildash Oh, I think I understood perfectly well.

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        1. OM‏Verified account @om 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg @anildash whatever the length of the point might be, accent shouldn't be a gating factor in any decision.

          1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
        2. jalak jobanputra‏ @jalak 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @om

          some folks aren't smart enough to look beyond superficial “@om: @paulg @anildash ...accent shouldn't be a gating factor in any decision.”

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
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        1. OM‏Verified account @om 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg @anildash and someone who has managed to find his way with accent, I find it a little distressing we have to talk about it

          5 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        2. allen janian‏ @allenjanian 27 Aug 2013
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          @om @anildash nothing special, but my dad came to this country with English as a second language and he's a very accomplished neurologist.

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        1. OM‏Verified account @om 27 Aug 2013
          Replying to @paulg

          @paulg @anildash and if accent is a disadvantage and then real entrepreneurs find a way to overcome it. Adversity picks out winners

          1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
        2. screams into the void‏ @gregorysean 27 Aug 2013
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          @om Exactly. This really struck a nerve for me. Some thoughts: http://expletiveinserted.com/2013/08/27/strong-foreign-accent/ … @paulg @anildash

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