Angharad Thorp

Long vowels or short shrift: Oxford’s shocking accent hierarchy

A Scottish undergraduate spoke to me of how she consciously altered her voice during tutorials and moots, where she would “tone down” the broadness of her accent.

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Long vowels or short shrift: Oxford’s shocking accent hierarchy

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