Re: My wife is what I call a 'sympathetic speaker', she very quickly adopts the accent of those she's speaking with. Politicians are often known to do the same

Re: My wife is what I call a 'sympathetic speaker', she very quickly adopts the accent of those she's speaking with. Politicians are often known to do the same. It's usually painted as "pandering", but I'm not making a value judgement here. There's arguments both for and against.