I ADMIT that generalisations normally put me off reading articles.
The bold title of Iona Fyfe’s piece on page 12 of Saturday’s National almost prevented me reading it (New MP Bird is being vilified for something we all do, June 27), but I was drawn in by the smaller bold text underneath (“And I can confirm that her Scottish accent is real”).
At last! I’ve read an article which generalises blatantly with which I agree.
Not only that – it is surely common sense, and folks who witter on about other folks’ accents, real or imagined, are, in my opinion, showing their lack of tolerance or understanding of the way people interact.
I’m sure I change the way I speak often, daily, consciously or unconsciously.
It would surprise me if many others didn’t.
Priscilla Douglas
Killearn
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