Does a Foreign Accent Hurt Credibility?
TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) — People with a foreign accent are perceived as less truthful by listeners because an accent makes a person harder to understand, a new study contends. American researchers asked study participants to judge the truthfulness of trivia statements — such as, “A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel can” — by native and non-native speakers of English.
