Accents and what they say about you....

Funnily enough this story caught my eye on Friday - apparently lots of Brits change their accents in order to get ahead in their careers.  It was strange to see it after the subject came up on Thursday with a Dutch contact - we were in Eindhoven in the south of Holland and she told me that she actually cam from the North of the country - over 20 years ago.

However, her accent was still noticeable and meant that southerners had her marked out as a frank-speaking Northerner.  And I didn't think Holland was big enough to have regional variations.

Then a colleague from the Isle of Man - barely more than a rock in the Irish sea that is home to about 80,000 people mentioned that there are differences between people from the north of the island and the south.  And she said that the town Manx accent was different from the rural one.

I was beginning to think that accents were disappearing - in the world of global media and widespread travel I wonder if they'll all merge into one...

Liam

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[Dan Penton]

Another interesting case is that of former England football manager Steve McLaren and how his accent changed when he moved to the Netherlands to manage FC Twente. He immediately picked up an interesting Dutch brogue when speaking English: http://snurl.com/albfx

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