[Zach_the_Lizard]

I had a Southern accent and had to train it out because my northern colleagues kept making fun of it. I noticed that I was perceived as "smarter" without it. My story is not exactly uncommon and there are a bunch of famous people (e.g. Stephen Colbert) who did the same thing.

[dgellow]

The technology discussed here is reinforcing that stereotype

[xienze]

It has less to do with reinforcing stereotypes and more with fooling customers into thinking the company they're trying to get support from isn't so fucking cheap that they won't spring for tech support workers in a first world country.

[nunez]

Wait until they find out that Huntsville, AL is basically an enclave for rocket scientists.

[Zach_the_Lizard]

Some of them rocket scientists double down on the accent in Hunts-vuhl.

Sadly, the You Must Be Ignorant lot is as ignorant of that conclave of cosmic capsule constructors as it is of the proper pronunciation of y'all