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You're right. I know in many ways it is good to have the variety of accents we have within the UK and the heritage associated with each, but accents are a cause of so much division and strife here. Your accent does not necessarily represent where you were born or even where your parents are from, but generally just where you grew up and went to school. Yet on hearing your accent people immediately make judgements on your geographical and family background, education, social class, likely job, likely hobbies and interests, and even where you're likely to shop. They also make judgements on whether or not they're likely to get on with you. Accents are incredibly restricting and I don't think people have the freedom they would have if the whole of the British Isles had the same accent.
Again, I like the diversity of accents in principle, I just don't like the judgements that are made based on them.
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