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At college in Tallahassee my friends would have a stronger accent when talking on the phone to family than talking to friends, even at a Southern college. This

by dalke 3y ago

At college in Tallahassee my friends would have a stronger accent when talking on the phone to family than talking to friends, even at a Southern college. This is either part of, or related to, "code-switching". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code-switching . That could be the case at your FANG company, for one or multiple of the reasons given.

SOLAR_FIELDS 3y ago
I’m from Texas but you would never know it in normal conversation. But it will come out when speaking with relatives. It’s like a dial that you can turn up and down at will, but my normal state is to have it turned off entirely. Except for y’all. That one gets used at work
- ok_dad 3y ago
  Y’all is just a great word though, I grew up in the southwest and my family was from the Midwest, but I use y’all. It’s just fun to say!
- jachee 3y ago
  I grew up in rural Mississippi. A few years back, a few coworkers pointed out that sometimes my accent weirdly sneaks out when I’m particularly deep in talking about tech that I love and know well. But yeah, most of the time, people are like “Mississippi? You don’t have any accent!”
- cloverich 3y ago
  y'all won't turn heads anywhere anymore, but fixin will.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    With "you guys" out of favor "y'all" is one of the common substitutes.
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Balgair 3y ago
I do this with family too. Our natural accent is a mix of the many places our family has lived and a fair few words that have stayed with us that most people don't use. It's ours and we love it. But I don't expect other people to know that. When on the phone or a zoom with everyone, we'll drop into the natural accent. It's especially bad when we get drunk and do so. My SO has had a time learning 'us', and we've added some of their familys' ticks too. I guess it evolves with each person that comes in. I had a friend in college from Boston's South Side and when he was drunk and on the phone back home, he was unintelligible. I agree with calling this 'code switching', but to me (and maybe I'm alone here) that sounds a bit, I dunno, negative. Like I'm being forced to speak in a manner that I don't want to because of money. That's not it. I speak with my family in a way that is a bit more private. We have our own little thing that outsiders aren't a part of. It's not exclusive by any means, but we're not worried about being understood. I think my family understands that a more common form of communication is needed for the rest of the world. Actually, you know, we do call the form of English we use at work 'Cash English'. So, I'm full of BS here, maybe.

by dalke 3y ago

SOLAR_FIELDS 3y ago

I’m from Texas but you would never know it in normal conversation. But it will come out when speaking with relatives. It’s like a dial that you can turn up and down at will, but my normal state is to have it turned off entirely. Except for y’all. That one gets used at work

ok_dad 3y ago
Y’all is just a great word though, I grew up in the southwest and my family was from the Midwest, but I use y’all. It’s just fun to say!
jachee 3y ago
I grew up in rural Mississippi. A few years back, a few coworkers pointed out that sometimes my accent weirdly sneaks out when I’m particularly deep in talking about tech that I love and know well. But yeah, most of the time, people are like “Mississippi? You don’t have any accent!”
cloverich 3y ago
y'all won't turn heads anywhere anymore, but fixin will.
- ghaff 3y ago
  With "you guys" out of favor "y'all" is one of the common substitutes.

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Balgair 3y ago

I do this with family too. Our natural accent is a mix of the many places our family has lived and a fair few words that have stayed with us that most people don't use. It's ours and we love it. But I don't expect other people to know that. When on the phone or a zoom with everyone, we'll drop into the natural accent. It's especially bad when we get drunk and do so. My SO has had a time learning 'us', and we've added some of their familys' ticks too. I guess it evolves with each person that comes in. I had a friend in college from Boston's South Side and when he was drunk and on the phone back home, he was unintelligible. I agree with calling this 'code switching', but to me (and maybe I'm alone here) that sounds a bit, I dunno, negative. Like I'm being forced to speak in a manner that I don't want to because of money. That's not it. I speak with my family in a way that is a bit more private. We have our own little thing that outsiders aren't a part of. It's not exclusive by any means, but we're not worried about being understood. I think my family understands that a more common form of communication is needed for the rest of the world. Actually, you know, we do call the form of English we use at work 'Cash English'. So, I'm full of BS here, maybe.