probably related to the policy of suppressing regional languages discussed in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43735946 https://news.ycombin

probably related to the policy of suppressing regional languages discussed in another thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43735946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43735946 It seems likely that regional languages impact accents in the "primary" language, and even if that's not the mechanism, the cultural attitude of discouraging "different" dialects might have the same damping effect on accents.