Re: So how is your accent?
 

There is an element of truth to that. I wonder if Novocastrian got his job by having a posh accent or that he was good at his job?
Having a posh or refined accent doesn't stop you from being a dumbass or having no common sense though does it.
I bet lots of managers are saying well I hired this person who speaks very eloquently but is about as much use as tits on a bull.

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Novocastrian? Posh accent? :rofl::rofl:

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I think it depends on the type of employment you’re seeking but for a decent job, first impressions are important, especially at an interview. Having a nice southern accent is like putting on a suit, having a smart haircut and having a legible and typo-free CV, it’s about being presentable, credible and serious.

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Australian, always Australian.

Even when I tell them Im English, I get 'are you sure? you sound Australian'

Yes Im bloody sure.

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:thumbsup: Oh Bats, me too! I once worked at a VERY posh school near London town and I quickly learned that I had a choice- I would end up speaking like someone from Slough or the Queen to be understood - I chose the Queen :sneaky:

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So I guess having a Northern accent is like wearing clogs and a flat cap and braces and having a whippet on a lead and smoking a fag then :lol:

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I absolutely got my first job here because I have a cool accent. My boss - a female CFO - spent more time listening to how I was saying something than what I was saying. It's refreshing to know that one always has a career as a voice over artieste to fall back on. Either that or phone sex.;)

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Yep, I went to a relatively posh school and my Co Durham accent didn't fit.

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When i worked in Plymouth in the mid 90s the natives there used to think i was Australian:thumbdown:

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Granted its unfair, but an employer needs people who can communicate properly and sound pleasant when doing so. Its just common sense.

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Hah, when I went to Plymouth Poly in the late 80's the first time the cleaner at the halls of residence said "ello moi lover" as a greeting I didn't know what to think. Then there were the primordial cries of "eeerrrralllllll" that turned out to be evening paper sellers in the city centre. (Evening Herald).

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FACT: Novocastrian is the guy who did the voiceovers for Big Brother in the UK. "dayyy tweeennntyy tooo in the big brother hoose";)

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I'm doing it at no cost. My English accent is only likely to change if I spend a lot of time with people using a different one. In the close to 13 years I have been here, I have spent very little time with Anglo Canadians.

I do, however, have two French accents. I use the "proper" one whenever possible but easily slip into the local one after a few beers.

My Franco wife and stepson are very good at that. They switch immediately from local to Parisian, depending on whom they are talking to (four years living in Sloane Square made both of them total snobs).

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Maids and bays :rofl: girls and boys to you and me

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I would have experienced the exact opposite had I retained my scouse accent. There is no way I would have been hired as an air traffic controller. :eek:

As an aside I did lapse into a thick scouse accent for fun one day at work when an instructor that I knew was from around Liverpool taxied out with a student. I gave them their take-off clearance with as thick a scouse accent as I could do. The student didn't understand a word, turned the instructor and asked him if I was speaking Korean, cheeky git. :sneaky: :)