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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Jeremy Armstrong

People with Northern accents deemed less intelligent than Southerners

Bad news if you have a strong Northern accent - people will assume you are ‘less intelligent’ than a Southerner, according to a new study.

Research by a team at Northumbria University in Newcastle warned the prejudice is still causing profound injustice across the UK.

The four-year project questioned more than 350 people from all walks of life.

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