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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a blue collar family from the Bronx. When I started college here in DC, I was completely startled by both how differently I realized I sounded from my classmates and by my classmates reactions to how I spoke. I felt like my accent walked into rooms before I did. It’s not fun to realize people are giggling at you while your speak with them. I worked consciously to lose it. It was almost gone by graduation. Dating an educated man from a southern city helped me understand different ways of saying words. I’m glad I worked to lose my accent. It was clear to me that my accent was distracting to people. Unfortunately, now people don’t believe me when I tell them where I am from. [/quote]
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