Prejudice"Are you prejudiced?" asks StapMyVitals. Have you been a victim of prejudice? Are you a columnist for a popular daily newspaper? Don't bang on about how you never judge people on first impressions - no-one will believe you.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 1 Apr 2010, 12:53)
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Colonials..Now, at present I live in the colonies, through choice, I grant you.
No-one forced me to move here with a gun to my head or like the original settlers for not wearing a hat on the Sabbath.
That said, I can't help feeling that the antipodean accent seems to preclude taking them seriously.
I know an accent is not an indication of intelligence, however I can't help but thinking they sound a bit thick merely by virtue of their braying incomprehensible dialect.
Still, they're better than Germans, I suppose..
(, Sat 3 Apr 2010, 9:53, 1 reply)
AccentsI couldn't agree more. I like in the colonies also (the US, while I suspect from your words you're Antipodean). If I hear someone with an accent from the deep South, my own IQ drops 20% in having to listen to them. 40% if they're chewing tobacco. There's just something about the deep South accent that has me feel the talker is an intellectual pygmy. Even the incredibly smart rocket scientist I met a few weeks ago.
I know, I know. At least he wasn't Australian. Or from Boston (MA or UK). Or Birmingham.
(, Sun 4 Apr 2010, 12:25, closed)
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