Pygmalion

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Higgins identifies Eliza's neighborhood and upbringing simply by listening to her accent. Do such judgements and assumptions occur in our society?

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Unfortunately they still do. Accents are still subject to ethnic and regional stereotypes. We see this in stereotyped "negro" accents or stereotyped accents from the American South.

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