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June 22, 2014

Accented

Those of you who intend to go to the London worldcon, or anyone else planning to visit Britain, might pay particular attention here.

It has always struck me as unfair that the inhabitants of the United Kingdom spend their entire lives learning to speak charming and distinct dialects, only to have ignorant North Americans lump them all together as “a British accent.”

Here’s Siobhan Thompson to help you sort one from the other.

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