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'I didn't speak the Queen's English':Why people worry about their accents

A survey on attitudes towards accents suggests that so-called "accent bias" is still an issue in many workplaces.

BBC News23 Aug 2026, 11:25 pmUpdated 2d ago1 min readBusinessGlobal

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'I didn't speak the Queen's English': Why people worry about their accents

A survey on attitudes towards accents suggests that so-called "accent bias" is still an issue in many workplaces.

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Source: BBC News. Published 23 Aug 2026, 11:25 pm.

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