Can science explain the way you speak? Why Do You Hate Your Own Voice? - https://youtu.be/8Nn66deBIt8 Subscribe: http://bit.ly/asapsci Written by Amanda Edward, Rachel Salt, Gregory Brown...
========== Whether you say tomato or tomato, itâs clear
that your accent is a defining feature ofwho you are. Everyone has an accent (heck,
even goats have regional ways of saying BAAH),but whatâs the science behind language acquisition
and does your accent say something about you?In an American survey, 47% of adults found
British accents to be sophisticated, while51% thought New York accents were rude; Southern
accents were considered nice but possiblyuneducated, while New England accents were
considered intelligent. But it turns out thathumans have a bias towards others who sound
like them or have the same accent. Of course,itâs important to distinguish between a
native language accent and an additional languageaccent. English native language accents depend
on facto...
