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Archive Home > 2010 > August > 31 > Charming accent, but why don’t I trust you?

Charming accent, but why don’t I trust you?

Speakers we can’t clearly understand lose credibility, study finds

By Pamela Paul / The Bulletin
August 31, 2010

Zere ees a reason ze villain alvays speaks like zees. But it may not be the reason you think. A new study says distrust of those who speak with a foreign accent goes beyond common xenophobia. Apparently, when we don’t understand what someone’s saying, we lose confidence in....

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