Opinions

In different situations people adapt their accents to suit the people they are with, but why? For example the way you speak in a job interview compared to how you speak around your friends is perhaps very different. Despite the fact that you are born with your accent, many people feel it is appropriate to change it slightly when speaking to different people. Some people would agree that this is unnecessary, however i think that it helps you to communicate better with different groups of people.

The most common situations where changing you accent slightly would be useful are on tv for example. If a person is on tv watched by people from all different regions, it is very important that they can be understood by most. Although i think that this is important, it may not be appropriate for certain areas of television.

On the other hand, i dont think that it is appropriate to change your accent most of the time, since it takes alot of effort to change your accent for someone elses sake. A particular situation which i dont agree is useful to adapt your accent is when around friends. This is because your friends should accept your accent and you should develop your communication with them. Despite the fact that some may disagree, i think that everyone speaks slightly different around their family in comparison the their friends. This is because

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