What is your response to accents? Do you like them? Do you tend to listen to the accent and not the information? Accents are interesting and very telling. They give so much information and not just verbally. I think accents also have their physical characteristics. Some accents use their hands more or their shoulders or their whole body. Some accents are shrouded in secrecy, others in impending danger. What has been your experience?
General American Speech does give more clarity and more simplicity. It can expand your sense of self. One colleague put it this way: “I felt like I belonged to a bigger pool, that I could go anywhere and everywhere. I can still always imitate my Irish grandmother. And I also can have a wider world.
