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Does your accent change depending on your location/situation?
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:47 am
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:47 am
I find that it does for me but only slightly.
I pretty much have a neutral accent but if I'm fishing down in Cocodrie I immediately catch myself picking up some Cajun intonations in my voice.
If I'm spending a few days on a project in the middle of Mississippi, Tennessee or Kentucky I catch myself picking up a country accent. WTF?
I grew up in the NOLA metro area so it's really easy for me to pick up the yat accent when I'm back in New Orleans.
The funniest one to me is when I've traveled to Los Angles. When I speak to locals their voice sounds pretty neutral. But as soon as they hang out with their surfer and skateboard friends it totally goes valley girl accent.
I pretty much have a neutral accent but if I'm fishing down in Cocodrie I immediately catch myself picking up some Cajun intonations in my voice.
If I'm spending a few days on a project in the middle of Mississippi, Tennessee or Kentucky I catch myself picking up a country accent. WTF?
I grew up in the NOLA metro area so it's really easy for me to pick up the yat accent when I'm back in New Orleans.
The funniest one to me is when I've traveled to Los Angles. When I speak to locals their voice sounds pretty neutral. But as soon as they hang out with their surfer and skateboard friends it totally goes valley girl accent.
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Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:48 am to GumboPot
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Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:48 am to WG_Dawg
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:50 am to GumboPot
I have not lived in NY since the early 90's. Moved South so I quickly adapted away from it. Being a HS kid from NY living in Irmo, SC was a bit like being E.T.
The moment I land in NY it returns. Had no idea it did until my wife pointed it out.
The moment I land in NY it returns. Had no idea it did until my wife pointed it out.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:50 am to GumboPot
I lived in MN for a little while when I was about 20 - I'm not from the South, but the girls up there all thought I had a Southern accent and it seemed to really turn them on, so I laid it on thicker than I ever have before. It worked liked a charm.
Then there was the time I was on a family vacation and I convinced a bunch of girls I was from England and got a blowie in the New Mexico desert.
Then there was the time I was on a family vacation and I convinced a bunch of girls I was from England and got a blowie in the New Mexico desert.
This post was edited on 5/18/22 at 8:56 am
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:50 am to GumboPot
i will unconsciously begin to pick up accents of people I talk to. I am hoping it doesnt get me in trouble.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:51 am to GumboPot
yes, i code switch just like every other human
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:53 am to GumboPot
I use a more urban accent and a few words and phrases they’ve given me a pass on when I’m with the brothers at work.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:53 am to chryso
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i will unconsciously begin to pick up accents of people I talk to.
I happens to me and now that I notice it, it annoys me. Makes me feel like I'm being fake but I'm not doing it on purpose.
This post was edited on 5/18/22 at 8:56 am
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:55 am to The Boat
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I use a more urban accent and a few words and phrases they’ve given me a pass on when I’m with the brothers at work.
From a neutral accent to jive is too big of an unconscious jump for me.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:58 am to GumboPot
Yes….mine does.
I am full blooded Cajun on both sides me. I used to have a heavy Cajun accent me. I moved out of Louisiana about 35 years ago so I lost a lot of it. But I can find my accent coming back when I go back to Louisiana for a few days to visit family and hear them talk.
I am full blooded Cajun on both sides me. I used to have a heavy Cajun accent me. I moved out of Louisiana about 35 years ago so I lost a lot of it. But I can find my accent coming back when I go back to Louisiana for a few days to visit family and hear them talk.
This post was edited on 5/18/22 at 12:15 pm
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:58 am to GumboPot
I wouldn’t say my accent changes but I have friends who say warsh instead of wash. Every now and then I catch myself saying it like they do.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:58 am to GumboPot
quote:You’re a jive Turkey
From a neutral accent to jive is too big of an unconscious jump for me.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:58 am to GumboPot
It's your desire to fit in. You are so afraid to be yourself in front of other people that you change your accent not to be judged by people you think are better than you.
This is not uncommon for people who wet their beds as kids.
This is not uncommon for people who wet their beds as kids.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 8:59 am to GumboPot
It’s called mirroring. It’s a psychology concept wherein people feel more comfortable around those who are like them. So to make you fit in easier, you mirror the speech/movement/expression patterns of those around you.
I do it pretty extensively. My wife thinks I’m nuts but it’s not something I actively do. It’s entirely subconscious.
I do it pretty extensively. My wife thinks I’m nuts but it’s not something I actively do. It’s entirely subconscious.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 9:00 am to WhuckFistle
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I have friends who say warsh instead of wash
I do this on purpose to annoy my wife. In fact I intentionally mispronounce many words to annoy her.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 9:02 am to WhuckFistle
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warsh
warsh/crick
my parents do 'em all - I don't think they even know they're doing it - and my Mother came 2 seconds away from a PhD in English
This post was edited on 5/18/22 at 9:04 am
Posted on 5/18/22 at 9:03 am to GreatLakesTiger24
I do that on purpose just for fun. One of the reasons I like to go to Boston is to practice their dialect. Give me a few days in Birmingham and I'll drawl, Houston I'll twang. I record books that are not available on audio for the blind, so I'll match the setting of the book, non-fiction is boring to record. I used to do voice for radio commercials, they didn't sound like me, very neutral.
If I am speaking to someone I don't know, they think I'm much younger than I am, which isn't very young.
If I am speaking to someone I don't know, they think I'm much younger than I am, which isn't very young.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 9:03 am to GumboPot
Actually a little. I think it also has gotten more southern over the last decade of living in Dallas. Not dumb-arse southern, but southern.
Posted on 5/18/22 at 9:04 am to gumbeaux
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I am full blooded Cajun on both sides. I used to have a heavy Cajun accent. I moved out of Louisiana about 35 years ago so I lost a lot of it. But I can find my accent coming back when I go back to Louisiana for a few days to visit family and hear them talk.
Same for me. I been gone about 25 years and when I get a few beers in me no one can understand me. Accent comes back without trying
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