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I started researching this when I noticed it was highly prevalent in my company. Furthermore, new people would join (from other parts of the country) and would
by Zhenya 13y ago
I started researching this when I noticed it was highly prevalent in my company. Furthermore, new people would join (from other parts of the country) and would pick up this speech pattern within days.
- dredmorbius 13y agoCertain speech patterns are very highly addictive and tend to be adopted quickly. I notice this most particularly with southern drawls (US) and regional northeastern accents (New Jersey, Long Island, Southie, Bronx, etc.). Others not so much (southwest / native American, northern plains (Wisconsin / Minnesota).