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It’s hard to separate the effect of culture. A lot of cannabis users have an affinity for the cannabis sub-culture, or with related ones like the hippie/hipster

It’s hard to separate the effect of culture. A lot of cannabis users have an affinity for the cannabis sub-culture, or with related ones like the hippie/hipster cultures that have many shared speech patterns. You might see similar results analyzing the speech of surfers, pilots, sorority members, etc.

esarbe 5y ago
Try to remember that if you hear a pilot meowing.
- derekja 5y ago
  do tell?
  - FDSGSG 5y ago
    meow
    - esarbe 5y ago
      Did you just say 'meow'..?
  - esarbe 5y ago
    https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/safety/127118-meow.html https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/safety/127118-meow.html https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/i-had-heard-of-it-but-never-actually-heard-it-meow.123304/ https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/i-had-hear...
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Alex3917 5y ago
This specific speech pattern is pretty difficult to fake though. Anyone can talk like a surfer, but I think the average person would be pretty hard pressed to start imitating Alex Grey.
oblib 5y ago
I moved to Hollywood, CA from Rockford, IL to live with my father when I was 14 years old. When I started school at the end of Summer there my mid-western accent really stood out and I took quite a bit of ribbing over that. The kids there called me a "Hillbilly" because of my accent. But down in Texas, where I spent a summer a few years before that kids there called me a "Yankee" based on my accent. But what stood out to me in Hollywood was how many "cliques" there were there. One of the first things kids there told me is I had to join one. They said I could choose from "BMX'ers, Surfers, Skateboarders, Freaks, Motocrossers, Bikers, Stoners" and probably a few others. Each of those groups had their own phrases and very distinct accents and you had to talk and dress like them to be a part of that clique. So, I think one could easily conclude the same thing about speech for skateboarders as pot smokers or any other social clique. But I don't think you could detect that influence with my speech, even though I've smoked weed since before I moved to Hollywood 48 years ago. You almost certainly could detect I'm from the mid-west though.

esarbe 5y ago

Try to remember that if you hear a pilot meowing.

derekja 5y ago
do tell?
- FDSGSG 5y ago
  meow
  - esarbe 5y ago
    Did you just say 'meow'..?
- esarbe 5y ago
  https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/safety/127118-meow.html https://www.airlinepilotforums.com/safety/127118-meow.html https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/i-had-heard-of-it-but-never-actually-heard-it-meow.123304/ https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/i-had-hear...
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Alex3917 5y ago

This specific speech pattern is pretty difficult to fake though. Anyone can talk like a surfer, but I think the average person would be pretty hard pressed to start imitating Alex Grey.

oblib 5y ago

I moved to Hollywood, CA from Rockford, IL to live with my father when I was 14 years old. When I started school at the end of Summer there my mid-western accent really stood out and I took quite a bit of ribbing over that. The kids there called me a "Hillbilly" because of my accent. But down in Texas, where I spent a summer a few years before that kids there called me a "Yankee" based on my accent. But what stood out to me in Hollywood was how many "cliques" there were there. One of the first things kids there told me is I had to join one. They said I could choose from "BMX'ers, Surfers, Skateboarders, Freaks, Motocrossers, Bikers, Stoners" and probably a few others. Each of those groups had their own phrases and very distinct accents and you had to talk and dress like them to be a part of that clique. So, I think one could easily conclude the same thing about speech for skateboarders as pot smokers or any other social clique. But I don't think you could detect that influence with my speech, even though I've smoked weed since before I moved to Hollywood 48 years ago. You almost certainly could detect I'm from the mid-west though.