tone deaf

Speaking English in Australia is more about accent than language

Joseph Lam
5 min readFeb 26, 2022

Language-related remarks hidden in everyday exchanges, while often written off as minor, represent a far greater problem in Australia.

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“Maybe you should learn more English.”

It’s a comment Sydney-based marketing student Richard Daniel Suteja remembers all too well. It arrived one morning…

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