I saw this happen a lot: People compliment non-white native speaker next to me on how "light" their accent is. Totally oblivious to mine.

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@zeynep foreigner having accent: boring. native speaker having heavy accent: interesting, native speaker having light accent: utterly boring
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@zeynep@cmcgovern I've received plenty of comments/remarks about my accent, but you're probably right that it's noticed more in others -
@luiciolfi@zeynep@cmcgovern He's Texan, assume that's what he heard, but Dawkins is an Islamophobe so he's hearing more than you and I. - Show replies
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