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For better or worse, I think sounding "anything that could be perceived as uneducated" hurts your income. This could include any type of accent (Boston, Souther
by fallentimes 18y ago
For better or worse, I think sounding "anything that could be perceived as uneducated" hurts your income. This could include any type of accent (Boston, Southern, Indian), which leads to pronouncing words wrong (e.g Wata vs Water, Y'all vs You all).
- nonrecursive 18y agoMy last name is "Higginbotham", I have a very slight Southern accent and say "y'all", and I look very Asian because I'm half Vietnamese. Most of the people I do work for I never see in person, but it's often amusing when I do meet them.
- schtog 18y agoHigginbotham is an awesome name!