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Originally Posted by honeychile
I understand the whole concept of "face" and IIRC, as long as there's more white faces than black, and they speak American English, it's all good. I could be wrong - this is several years old information.
But I've always said that if our company ever decides to go upscale, we're either hiring a woman with an upperclass English accent, or I'm going to develop one ASAP. English accents sell in the USA.
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True.
I remember when buying a suit once, the salesman told me for as much as this country rebelled against royalty, we are still a slave to it when it comes to social status and perceptions.