Southern accents could cost job seekers a 20% wage penalty, study finds

Re:Southern accents could cost job seekers a 20% wage penalt... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Sunday May 28, 2023 @01:59AM (#36101566)

I’m from Texas but you would never know it in normal conversation. But it will come out when speaking with relatives. It’s like a dial that you can turn up and down at will, but my normal state is to have it turned off entirely. Except for y’all. That one gets used at work

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Re:Southern accents could cost job seekers a 20% wage penalt... by ok_dad on Sunday May 28, 2023 @02:22AM (#36101649)

Y’all is just a great word though, I grew up in the southwest and my family was from the Midwest, but I use y’all. It’s just fun to say!

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Re:Southern accents could cost job seekers a 20% wage penalt... by jachee on Sunday May 28, 2023 @02:43AM (#36101737)

I grew up in rural Mississippi. A few years back, a few coworkers pointed out that sometimes my accent weirdly sneaks out when I’m particularly deep in talking about tech that I love and know well.

But yeah, most of the time, people are like “Mississippi? You don’t have any accent!”

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Re:Southern accents could cost job seekers a 20% wage penalt... by cloverich on Sunday May 28, 2023 @09:19AM (#36103738)

y'all won't turn heads anywhere anymore, but fixin will.

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Re:Southern accents could cost job seekers a 20% wage penalt... by ghaff on Sunday May 28, 2023 @11:09AM (#36104653)

With "you guys" out of favor "y'all" is one of the common substitutes.

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