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> nice not to hear the awful (to me) mid-Atlantic accent Why would a native Hungarian who moved to the US in his mid 20s use an affected prestige accent from t
by jacobolus 7y ago
> nice not to hear the awful (to me) mid-Atlantic accent
Why would a native Hungarian who moved to the US in his mid 20s use an affected prestige accent from the US Northeast?
- amylene 7y agoThe same reason anyone did: signal status. Immigrants can be self conscious of their accents, so it seems even more likely that a normal person would feel that impulse. JvN was no ordinary person.