Study says foreign accents make speakers seem less truthful

[terry78]

http://news.uchicago.edu/news.php?asset_id=2049

Well, I don't know what to tell you there...could just be xenophobia on your part if that is the case.

 

[SpiderByte]

An accent doesn't make someone any less truthful.

Case in point: Simon Cowell.

 

[Abraham]

pointless study, obviously hearing something that sounds different than how you're used to hearing it will make it seem less trustworthy. pretty basic.

 

[Harls]

Isn't that kind of common sense? You naturally trust what you've lived around, so if someone who you're already suspicious of comes in and on top of that has a foreign accent, well duh, they'll seem less truthful.

 

[SuperFerret]

It depends on the accent. Certain accents have certain connotations attached to them, that may or may not be true based on the speaker.