In Negatives^x, Accents^x

Because 'us are country yokels' is something you can imagine a country yokel saying. The joke against them is that they are considered stupid people. That is really what this whole clip about - is the kid perceived by others in a negative way because of his accent - as a 'not-bright' person.

The text you have provided and its website source shows that it is a specialist academic subject, and perhaps it needs an academic expert in the matter to explain the meanings. However, in ordinary English I think it means "What accents have unsatisfactory(negative) effects on other hearers."

Hello everyone, i'm new to this forum and would like some help with reducing accents. Actually, i immigrated to Canada 3 years ago from China and has tried hard to adapt to the western society ever since. I'm not very concerned with my writing skills or my grammar because i know that they can be...

Hello, "It stings my ears" Could anyone tell me if I can use the above in a figurative sense, meaning that something ,that has been said, draws my attention and is negative? ex. Swore words sting my ears. His heavy accent stings my ears. If the phrase is not the right one could you tell me...

It is the stuff they make movies from: a young girl, determined to leave her negative surroundings, works hard in school and takes her A's and her artistic talent to High School of Art and Design. Feeling that she has not been challenged to her full potential after a few years, she loses her...

The only people I've met who have managed a convicing native speaker accent are those who moved here as children. Everyone else seems to have just a slight accent at 'best' but I'd agree that most people find an accent attractive and interesting, and I don't think it stops you being taken...

Ok, I apologise for the negative vibe! (I'm not really in a bad mood) Seriously speaking, I find it a shame that you don't really find regional dialects in the US.