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There is a business accent that is accepted business culture.
Rusnak's point is solid.

What about strong country accents?
Same rule would apply.

I can speak a lot of different ways, some, I wouldn't do in business.

Business it helps to have a clear and concise standard, no need to repeat as something was unfamiliar.
Makes sense to me.

When I call to get tech support, there are accents I am capable of I DO NOT USE.
Because the person on the other end, would be struggling.

HUmans do tend to try to identify patterns.
Person has a cowboy hat and boots, smells of cow manure, talks a certain way.
They meet person 2 like this, person 3 like this.
They expect person 4 to also be like that.

Stomach monkey, don't take it as an insult, it is just them being honest that you didn't fit their percieved pattern.
The trick to intelligence to be able to fit exceptions into your world view.
The people that said that were being open and honest.