I was watching Ariana Huffington on The Daily Show last night.

She was presenting her new book “The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging”.

I was listening along and enjoying the show until…horror… she mentioned it… the A-word.

She was talking about the advantages of blogging and said that a blog works for her because she can hide her Greek accent behind it and express herself much better.

Can you believe it?!?

It was so sad.

Ariana Huffington has such a beautiful accent that makes listening to her fascinating… Why would she need to hide it?

When will Diversity finally come of age and include accents???

Photo: thanks to wired.com

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2 Responses to “Don’t hide it, Ariana!”

1. Julia says:

   December 5, 2008 at 8:46 pm

   Hi Silvia,
   don’t be sad. I suspect, it’s not about diversity, it’s more about clumsy coquetry of a smart woman. She’d better have used it other way, saying she regreted about her accent hidden behind her blog. But she was afraid it would have sounded too feminine for her audience, maybe.
2. Silvia Cambie says:

   December 8, 2008 at 10:35 am

   Thanks for your comment. I hope you are right, Julia.