Thursday, January 17, 2019

MY ACCENT IS MY ACCENT AND I AM GLAD IS MINE

My mouth and tongue and larynx and history shape my accent and is not yours to talk about. It's mine. Do not imitate it because you look like a fool and is not nice for your image. Avoid using it to categorize different accents, and placing them in a specific level of development. Accept that my accent results from a particular colonial history; wherein you as a daughter or son of colonized peoples can be used by the same powers who place me in an accent-related and very accented discussion, to keep you busy with sounds and intonations while distracting you from attending to important issues.

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