Do you think people judge others based on their accent?

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Do you think people judge others based on their accent, and how do you feel accents affect the way people are perceived in the UK. Do you feel we are prejudged, based on our scouse accents?

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00:00I definitely think people are prejudged on their accents and I think it's completely

00:05wrong. There's an old-fashioned British tradition that, you know, if you speak proper then you've

00:13got a silver spoon in your mouth and you probably know the right people.

00:16I can understand that prejudice, that's rubbish.

00:19I certainly think so, yeah. Upper class, I would say. Do no wrong. Well, especially the

00:29poor accent because it comes across as aggressive sometimes.

00:35It's completely wrong. You're judging a book by its cover. You're not listening to what

00:39they're saying. You're hearing a few words and then you're prejudging them just from

00:44that and you're pigeonholing them. It's very stereotypical. I think to categorise people

00:51just by how they sound.

00:53The class system, people who sound more posh seem to be more respected and I don't think

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