Here's a similar story from 2020, this time about Durham University #accentism
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Students from northern England facing 'toxic attitude' at Durham University
Exclusive: university vows to look into report detailing numerous claims of bullying
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Ah, thank you. That's true, yes, about the written tradition, although I hope that's changing now.
I didn't know about the name, that's amazing.
Accentism was everywhere. I'll be glad if we can get rid of that.
I didn't know about the name, that's amazing.
Accentism was everywhere. I'll be glad if we can get rid of that.
December 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Ah, thank you. That's true, yes, about the written tradition, although I hope that's changing now.
I didn't know about the name, that's amazing.
Accentism was everywhere. I'll be glad if we can get rid of that.
I didn't know about the name, that's amazing.
Accentism was everywhere. I'll be glad if we can get rid of that.
Combat accentism, the auditory aspect of discrimination
Series explores challenges facing international students in Canada
Commentary: Ridhima Dixit
nbmediacoop.org/2025/04/01/c...
Series explores challenges facing international students in Canada
Commentary: Ridhima Dixit
nbmediacoop.org/2025/04/01/c...
Combat accentism, the auditory aspect of discrimination
Traditional research on discrimination usually focuses on the visual aspect of our lives, things we can see like our race,
nbmediacoop.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Combat accentism, the auditory aspect of discrimination
Series explores challenges facing international students in Canada
Commentary: Ridhima Dixit
nbmediacoop.org/2025/04/01/c...
Series explores challenges facing international students in Canada
Commentary: Ridhima Dixit
nbmediacoop.org/2025/04/01/c...
We’re happy to be part of @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social series of fun free events for Int'l Mother Language Day!
Join us at @contactmcr.bsky.social for multilingual readings & discussion & at Manchester Museum w/ UoM LDC for a talk on accentism & language trail
Book: ow.ly/2wnz50UGVnF
#MCRIMLD25
Join us at @contactmcr.bsky.social for multilingual readings & discussion & at Manchester Museum w/ UoM LDC for a talk on accentism & language trail
Book: ow.ly/2wnz50UGVnF
#MCRIMLD25
January 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We’re happy to be part of @mcrcityoflit.bsky.social series of fun free events for Int'l Mother Language Day!
Join us at @contactmcr.bsky.social for multilingual readings & discussion & at Manchester Museum w/ UoM LDC for a talk on accentism & language trail
Book: ow.ly/2wnz50UGVnF
#MCRIMLD25
Join us at @contactmcr.bsky.social for multilingual readings & discussion & at Manchester Museum w/ UoM LDC for a talk on accentism & language trail
Book: ow.ly/2wnz50UGVnF
#MCRIMLD25
People of colour "othered" & seen as "perpetual foreigners". We're not ever seen as native to Canada. We can't speak our heritage language because we're anglophone. Stuck in btw 2 worlds.
If we're newcomers to Canada, accentism blocks hiring.
These hiring practices is in #cdnpoli in both posts. /2
If we're newcomers to Canada, accentism blocks hiring.
These hiring practices is in #cdnpoli in both posts. /2
April 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
People of colour "othered" & seen as "perpetual foreigners". We're not ever seen as native to Canada. We can't speak our heritage language because we're anglophone. Stuck in btw 2 worlds.
If we're newcomers to Canada, accentism blocks hiring.
These hiring practices is in #cdnpoli in both posts. /2
If we're newcomers to Canada, accentism blocks hiring.
These hiring practices is in #cdnpoli in both posts. /2
And that's before you even look at the wider context around accentism, class, power and ethnicity. It's quite easy to see acts of accentism as one-off incidents of personal prejudice but they're tied to systems, to power and colonial and classist histories.
February 3, 2024 at 6:42 AM
And that's before you even look at the wider context around accentism, class, power and ethnicity. It's quite easy to see acts of accentism as one-off incidents of personal prejudice but they're tied to systems, to power and colonial and classist histories.
#accentism People with working-class accents more likely to be suspected of committing crimes www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...
People with working-class accents more likely to be suspected of committing crimes
Negative stereotypes linked to some accents raise serious concerns of bias in justice system, warn researchers
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
#accentism People with working-class accents more likely to be suspected of committing crimes www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...
Only 2 lessons today, on the topic of accentism, but I'm going to try and do a bit more translation in between. And there's end of month admin stuff.
Weather grey and uninteresting.
No sign of the squirrel for a few days.
Hope everyone's well, and best wishes for a Happy Monday!
Weather grey and uninteresting.
No sign of the squirrel for a few days.
Hope everyone's well, and best wishes for a Happy Monday!
March 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Only 2 lessons today, on the topic of accentism, but I'm going to try and do a bit more translation in between. And there's end of month admin stuff.
Weather grey and uninteresting.
No sign of the squirrel for a few days.
Hope everyone's well, and best wishes for a Happy Monday!
Weather grey and uninteresting.
No sign of the squirrel for a few days.
Hope everyone's well, and best wishes for a Happy Monday!
New episode of Lexis here. We interview Dr Alex Baratta about accentism, teacher accents and accent intelligibility, plus a Lang in the News on the 'death' of 'Yours sincerely', and a few more bits and bobs. #Linguistics
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Episode 45 - Alex Baratta and accentism by Lexis
Show notes for Episode 45
Here are the show notes for Episode 45, in which we talk to Dr Alex Baratta, Senior Lecturer in Language, Linguistics & Communication, Manchester Institute of Education, Univ...
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November 11, 2023 at 11:31 AM
New episode of Lexis here. We interview Dr Alex Baratta about accentism, teacher accents and accent intelligibility, plus a Lang in the News on the 'death' of 'Yours sincerely', and a few more bits and bobs. #Linguistics
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...
podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...
I have 2 friends, one of whom has a strong working-class London accent, and one who doesn't. For the longest time, the latter thought the former was stupid, despite a lot of evidence to the contrary, and I can only assume that was because of his accent.
Accentism of any kind is a curse.
Accentism of any kind is a curse.
In a recent match, Exeter City football manager Gary Caldwell was sent off for the second time this season - a decision he blames on his Scottish accent. But what does the research say?
Dr Amanda Cole explores in this post for @theconversation.com.
Link: tinyurl.com/3sje8y45
Dr Amanda Cole explores in this post for @theconversation.com.
Link: tinyurl.com/3sje8y45
Are Scottish accents really more aggressive? A linguist explains
The way we feel about an accent tells us less about its integral properties and much more about the stereotypes of the people who speak it.
tinyurl.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I have 2 friends, one of whom has a strong working-class London accent, and one who doesn't. For the longest time, the latter thought the former was stupid, despite a lot of evidence to the contrary, and I can only assume that was because of his accent.
Accentism of any kind is a curse.
Accentism of any kind is a curse.
We spoke to Lauren White (who is quoted in here) about her experiences at Durham and her report on the accentism involved in this episode of
@lexispodcast.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7BFK...
@lexispodcast.bsky.social
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Episode 13 - Accent Special
Listen to this episode from Lexis on Spotify. SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT AT BOTTOM) Show notes for Episode 13 Welcome to Episode 13 of the Lexis podcast in which Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about ...
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November 24, 2023 at 3:42 PM
We spoke to Lauren White (who is quoted in here) about her experiences at Durham and her report on the accentism involved in this episode of
@lexispodcast.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7BFK...
@lexispodcast.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/7BFK...
Some pretty extreme accentism here... news.sky.com/story/police...
Police investigate letter calling Birmingham accent 'vomit-inducing'
Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police say they would like to speak with the individual who left the note at an address in Aberystwyth.
news.sky.com
January 12, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Some pretty extreme accentism here... news.sky.com/story/police...
Accentism remains remarkably robust in the Uk. This report confirms similar research over the last 60 years or so. And as a proud Scouser, it does me ‘ed in!
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...
People with working-class accents more likely to be suspected of committing crimes
Negative stereotypes linked to some accents raise serious concerns of bias in justice system, warn researchers
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Accentism remains remarkably robust in the Uk. This report confirms similar research over the last 60 years or so. And as a proud Scouser, it does me ‘ed in!
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/jan...
📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
October 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
📺 My webinar recording "Colonialingualism, Accentism, & Phonological Expectations in Language Teacher Education” is available ➡ accent-discrimination.atilf.fr/webinar-meig...
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Thank you Grégory Miras & the Accent & Discrimination group (ATILF–CNRS–Université de Lorraine, France) for the invitation.
Undergraduate Research Team Replication on Accentism is a project where twenty undergraduate students conducted a preregistered psycholinguistics replication study on accentism and speech processing. osf.io/etgc4/ doi.org/10.1017/S027...
The effects of exposure and explicit stereotypes on veracity judgments of Polish-accented English speech: A replication and extension of Boduch-Grabka & Lev-Ari (2021)
We are a group of students at the University of Utah completing this replication for our capstone class in Linguistics.
Hosted on the Open Science Framework
osf.io
July 10, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Undergraduate Research Team Replication on Accentism is a project where twenty undergraduate students conducted a preregistered psycholinguistics replication study on accentism and speech processing. osf.io/etgc4/ doi.org/10.1017/S027...
Accentism can shape perceptions and opportunities in profound ways. As Amanda Cole notes, "When a person is treated a certain way because of their accent, they are actually being treated this way because of their race, class, gender."
April 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Accentism can shape perceptions and opportunities in profound ways. As Amanda Cole notes, "When a person is treated a certain way because of their accent, they are actually being treated this way because of their race, class, gender."
Blatant accentism from the poster, you are right.
I also say Chewbacca wrong. 😁
I also say Chewbacca wrong. 😁
August 12, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Blatant accentism from the poster, you are right.
I also say Chewbacca wrong. 😁
I also say Chewbacca wrong. 😁
Dr Amanda Cole backs the Scot, who says he was sent off because 'my accent and my Scottishness is aggressive'... and says that he may have fallen victim to 'accentism' displayed by the English referee
Expert backs Gary Caldwell in row over manager's 'aggressive' Scottish accent
www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Dr Amanda Cole backs the Scot, who says he was sent off because 'my accent and my Scottishness is aggressive'... and says that he may have fallen victim to 'accentism' displayed by the English referee
Accentism is a lousy phenomenon. Curiously, I was a victim of it when I first went to primary school in Edinburgh in 1971.
My parents were English, so I had what was basically an RP accent, and I discovered on my first day at school that that was a Very Bad Thing. 1/2
My parents were English, so I had what was basically an RP accent, and I discovered on my first day at school that that was a Very Bad Thing. 1/2
Despite efforts to address the issue of discrimination towards certain students, linguistic prejudice continues to take place | Melissa Knight
‘English snobs’ at the University of Edinburgh: accent bias in play
Despite efforts to address the issue of discrimination towards certain students, linguistic prejudice continues to take place
bylines.scot
March 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Accentism is a lousy phenomenon. Curiously, I was a victim of it when I first went to primary school in Edinburgh in 1971.
My parents were English, so I had what was basically an RP accent, and I discovered on my first day at school that that was a Very Bad Thing. 1/2
My parents were English, so I had what was basically an RP accent, and I discovered on my first day at school that that was a Very Bad Thing. 1/2
Accentism sucks.
January 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Accentism sucks.
Undergraduate research conducted by three University of Limerick students has been showcased to politicians and policy makers in the Oireachtas at the first ever student research in parliament event, Póstaeir san Oireachtas.
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/ul-stud...
#StudyAtUL
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/ul-stud...
#StudyAtUL
December 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Undergraduate research conducted by three University of Limerick students has been showcased to politicians and policy makers in the Oireachtas at the first ever student research in parliament event, Póstaeir san Oireachtas.
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/ul-stud...
#StudyAtUL
Read on: www.ul.ie/news/ul-stud...
#StudyAtUL
True, but accentism appears to be something of a problem at some high-tariff universities such as Durham and, here, York.
January 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
True, but accentism appears to be something of a problem at some high-tariff universities such as Durham and, here, York.
It’s not racism anymore. It’s accentism.
‘Do you sound British, from the Anglosphere, or from a selection of pre-approved former Empire countries? Welcome!
… unless you’re ginger and sound like you’re from the north.’
‘Do you sound British, from the Anglosphere, or from a selection of pre-approved former Empire countries? Welcome!
… unless you’re ginger and sound like you’re from the north.’
April 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
It’s not racism anymore. It’s accentism.
‘Do you sound British, from the Anglosphere, or from a selection of pre-approved former Empire countries? Welcome!
… unless you’re ginger and sound like you’re from the north.’
‘Do you sound British, from the Anglosphere, or from a selection of pre-approved former Empire countries? Welcome!
… unless you’re ginger and sound like you’re from the north.’
🔵🔵 It's tomorrow 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
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October 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🔵🔵 It's tomorrow 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
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