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When linguistic identity becomes professional liability

My accent gets stronger when I'm upset and people at work have started commenting on it and now I'm afraid to show any real emotion in meetings.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Language reveals emotional states and cultural origins in ways that can feel dangerously exposing in professional contexts.

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