Over one-third of employees have changed their accent in order to impress their boss and improve their career prospects says a survey by the never-heard-of-them Bury Technologies (quite a big employer as it turns out). 380 of the 1000 surveyed said their regional accent meant they had difficulties being understood, with the Liverpudlian, Mancunian and Midland accents coming bottom. The Laan-don accent came in 10th out of the 13 regions included.  Of those surveyed, Liverpudlians were the most willing to change their accent, closely followed by people from the Midlands. However, not one Irish person admitted to having changed their voice for either professional or personal reasons. Unbelievable isn’t it? An Irish person in a professional situation. Would you change your accent? I did my own survey in the first class carriage on the train this morning and was elected to spend the rest of the day speaking in a Taiwanese accent. So far I have received a doctorate in Economics and three proposals of marriage.

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