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#216 Is it bad to UM and AH? - Valerie Fridland

The Level Up English Podcast

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The Importance of Accent in Speech

Language tells us a lot about who we are. It's something that we notice in accents, right? Foreign speakers have accents. My parents actually are not native English speakers. So you can kind of get a sense of some people's characteristics and their personality through these ticks and these things. And I think sometimes we feel self-conscious about people noticing the way we speak but actually it's a gift to be different.

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