3 ms·
I've identified a specific style of speech in my native language that is used by less educated people trying to sound formal. It involves as many official or le
by stratocumulus0 2y ago
I've identified a specific style of speech in my native language that is used by less educated people trying to sound formal. It involves as many official or legalese-sounding terms a layman could come across, intertwined with "formal" grammatical constructs, many of which are incorrect, but which managed to spread virally. It's the kind of tone that you will find in a private message sent by a stranger who got angry with you on social media and tries to intimidate you with vague legal steps or something that you find in a complaint to customer service. Similar stuff going on with religion - the religious texts are all translated to sound vaguely archaic, but still comprehensible (the most common Bible translation here dates to the 1960s). This gives a feel that there's something serious going on.
- anal_reactor 2y agoGod, I'm terrified of giving off exactly these vibes when trying to write a formal email in a language that I'm not very fluent in.