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My theory is that people will use the minimum 'whistles and clicks' to communicate with each other, so when there is a lot of shared context (shared society, cu
by somewhereoutth 3y ago
My theory is that people will use the minimum 'whistles and clicks' to communicate with each other, so when there is a lot of shared context (shared society, culture, mannerisms etc) that does much of the heavy lifting for communication. For example there is the English I (unconsciously) use when speaking to English as a Second Language people, and a much cut down English for talking to native speakers that is apparently unintelligible to non-native speakers.
- euroderf 3y agoThis. Be kind to new speakers of your language by (a) waking up your points of articulation and enunciating more clearly, and (imho) (b) pausing a bit between clauses. Maybe stir in techniques like placing the topic of the sentence at the beginning: "My goofy cat, I had to call the fire department to get him out of a tree yesterday." Correlate for writing: deploy commas strategically and effectively.
- midoridensha 3y agoSokath, his eyes uncovered.