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Are people judged based on their accents?

“There’s a certain weight put on accents. People make judgments” - that's according to actor and playwright Emmett Kirwan in an interview over the weekend. Are people judged based on their accents? The presenter of the Talking Bollox podcast Calvin...

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07.00 22 Aug 2022


Are people judged based on their accents?


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“There’s a certain weight put on accents. People make judgments” - that's according to actor and playwright Emmett Kirwan in an interview over the weekend.

Are people judged based on their accents? The presenter of the Talking Bollox podcast Calvin O’Brien spoke to Newstalk Breakfast with his view on this.


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