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Is there a linguistic name for this returning to the pronunciation or accent of your youth when drinking or around others with the same/similar accent? I am al
by souterrain 7y ago
Is there a linguistic name for this returning to the pronunciation or accent of your youth when drinking or around others with the same/similar accent?
I am also from Long Island, and have largely moderated my pronunciation to match a more standard pronunciation, but when I interact with natives of north Jersey, parts of NYC and Long Island, I somehow start adopting the accent a bit, unconsciously.
- surbas 7y agoI don’t know the name for the transition, but you are talking about what are called registers in linguistics. (I do the same thing when back with old friends) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register_(sociolinguistics)
- egypturnash 7y agoAlso see code-switching. Which is something I have been very amused to find myself doing after moving back home to New Orleans - there's several distinct flavors of English in that city, and watching them pop out of my mouth after twenty five years speaking Newscaster English is fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching
- bobthepanda 7y agoThis is a form of [code switching.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching) It’s most commonly found with African Americans and minority/immigrant communities, since in professional or unknown settings people will use more standard registers of English.