@Cobalt I’ve never asked someone to stop writing an accent.
I have been asked to stop writing an accent myself. I have never been asked to stop writing an accent politely, it’s always been snippy fuckery along the lines of, “Stop that, it’s so obnoxious, some people use screen-readers you know!” I comply without comment, biting back the impulse to ask, “Does anyone in the scene right now use a screen-reader or are you just trying to pretend your personal preference is morally superior?”
I don’t really mind, and would actually be happy to do so if people were courteous. As is, well, they can’t see me roll my eyes at them and complying is less boring and annoying than trying to play Miss Manners, though not always less boring and annoying than avoiding them in the future.
When asked to stop typing an accent that is composed of the occasional substitution if ‘ee’ for ‘i’ and ‘zh’ for ‘th’ and a whole bunch of grammatical errors, I’ve fixed the spelling and ignored further comments about the remaining ‘accent.’
When people complain that it’s just somehow bad practice in writing, I tend to respond with this:
“Society invents a spurious convoluted logic tae absorb and change people whae’s behaviour is outside its mainstream. Suppose that ah ken aw the pros and cons, know that ah’m gaunnae huv a short life, am ah sound mind, ectetera, ectetera, but still want tae use smack? They won’t let ye dae it. They won’t let ye dae it, because it’s seen as a sign ay thir ain failure."
– Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting.
I have a much easier time understanding Welsh than I do certain American slang.