Tuesday, March 21, 2017

English Accent

Yesterday I went to a meeting with the developer of my company just for the sake of minuting the meeting.

So there was this one Indian guy from the developer's side who spoke English very fluently and with somewhat European accent, yet not very clear.

Looking up to my accent when I speak in English, I can speak with the Indian, French and Spanish accent. But sometimes I feel much better when I speak English with Malay accent.

I feel so real when I do so. Even my boss, who is the CEO of a prestigious company, he himself doesn't like to speak English with foreign accent. He loves to speak English with Malay accent. Yet his proficiency is off the hook!

this kind of situation actually had made me rather stereotyping people who speak English with certain accents. I can actually judge if the person is either well-educated or otherwise just by listening to their English.