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Daily Star|April 01, 2023
Folk protect themselves over accents
HYWEL TREWYN
TALK THE TALK

PEOPLE drop their accents to protect themselves when away from family and friends.

Many fear being targeted for having a "foreign accent" so they "unconsciously protect themselves by adapting their speech to those around them", say boffins.

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