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I mean the former. People communicate with each other just fine - with or without accents, with or without stutters, with or without lisping.

Accents are part of people's identity because of the nature of their mother tongue. The Italians have strong accent, as well as Russians and Indians. They are fine - they are not a deficiency.

Ban Ki Moon is a UN Secretary General - and boy, he has an accent. It works fine for him being a diplomat whose job is to talk and talk and talk.