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A significant fraction of my coworkers talk like that, and I've noticed lately that I'm starting to occasionally think/talk that way as well (note I'm from the
by tbrownaw 16y ago
A significant fraction of my coworkers talk like that, and I've noticed lately that I'm starting to occasionally think/talk that way as well (note I'm from the U.S. midwest and only speak english). It's a bit disturbing, really.
- jacquesm 16y agoIt is your innate ability to learn that takes over automatically there. You probably couldn't stop such assimilation of things done around you even if you wanted to, it's how our brains are wired. If you had to consciously decide to learn something you'd be a baby forever stuck in a 'dead-lock' of not having the reasoning ability to start learning-by-imitation, so it's 'on' by default. So given extended exposure to some behaviour it is very hard to resist imitating it to some extent, even if you know better.
- sophacles 16y agoIt's true, spend some time in the South (US) or Britain, and return to the midwest, they will comment on how you picked up an accent while you were there.