> The language is so sloppy with accents and different pronunciations that people can use tiny differences to “other” people based on social status, geography,

> The language is so sloppy with accents and different pronunciations that people can use tiny differences to “other” people based on social status, geography, and so on. I speak a few languages (French, English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Chinese), some fluently, some less so and, honestly, in all of these languages, I can use tiny differences to other people based on social status, geography etc... It's easy in Mandarin despite me not being able to speak it that well. Japanese has a lot of variation between regions. I can quickly tell the level of education of someone speaking French (my native language) as well as guess where they're likely to be from, etc... I don't think that English is any different from any other languages on those points.