Different People, Different Dialects?

[Guest JoshIcy]

I bring this up because I noticed yesterday while at my Grandma's, that depending on the people I'm with. I use different dialects. And it can vary a lot, like how thick pidgin I speak.

 

At home, I speak basic casual English. In public I speak generally polite/respectful English (using polite and respectful phrases in emphasis), at schools I use Formal English (generally when reading since outside of it I rarely talk), and at my grandmas I use Hawaiian Pidgin English.

 

Really throws me off, and stuff. I really don't know why I do it either. Weird...

[-Berserker-]

I speak english only in America YCM.

[Eury]

When talking on the phone, I tend to use a lighter and kinder voice.

 

When talking face to face with someone, my voice is deeper.

 

And it's funny, my mom talks in a country accent whilst on the phone. It's funny making jokes.

 

Also, sometimes while on the phone, I'll talk in a British accent.

[Brushfire]

yo blud i 'eard you banged some mushty out da other day, that was funking blingin' man. ye so me gunna go get some pussy down street, you want a ganja?

 

Lol. I speak differently to almost anyone I'm with, something I question myself about. I'm not even quite sure of my own personality.

[Dark]

When I talk to someone, I use English.

 

That's really about it.

 

I guess I try to be more respectful when talking to someone of a higher position, but usually not.

[Brushfire]

I often speak in a sarcastic respectful voice when talking to teaches I don't like. Like that stupid jabroni who is somehow qualified as a teacher that I know have EVERY THURSDAY. "In the classroom, I am right, and you are wrong.", "So what happens when I'm right?", "You aren't."

 

I was.

[Infinitus]

It's because you are subconsciously aware that you are speaking with different people, and your mind is making sure to use different dialects that are appropriate to the people you are interacting with. I'm sure you're aware of this.

 

Casual speak at home is natural, because you are at your own home, in a comfortable area.

When in public you speak respectively because you want people around you to see you as respectable.

You speak formally in schools possibly because you want to also seem respectable to the staff, by speaking in a formal tone. Do you often interact with the staff?

Perhaps your grandmother often speaks the Hawaiin dialect, so you want to make sure she understands what your saying the best as possible, perhaps.

 

I'd have to know a little more about your situations in order to interpret your subconscious reasons a little more accurately.

[fenrir]

I use Spanish when talking to my mom or mom's friends. I use English/hint of German when talking with my dad. And English with any one else. Oh, and sarcasm here and there.

[Guest JoshIcy]

Answers in Blue.

 

It's because you are subconsciously aware that you are speaking with different people' date=' and your mind is making sure to use different dialects that are appropriate to the people you are interacting with. I'm sure you're aware of this.

 

Casual speak at home is natural, because you are at your own home, in a comfortable area.

When in public you speak respectively because you want people around you to see you as respectable.

No, because I respect them.

 

You speak formally in schools possibly because you want to also seem respectable to the staff, by speaking in a formal tone. Do you often interact with the staff?

I have to, Social Anxiety and Clinical Depression kinda isolates me away from everyone else. But when I have to interact with others, I speak sarcastically so it's easier.

 

Perhaps your grandmother often speaks the Hawaiin dialect, so you want to make sure she understands what your saying the best as possible, perhaps.

No, she understands proper english. Its everyone else, I'm one of the few in my family who can speak Proper English. Everyone else gets confused when I pronounce my E's and R's properly.

 

 

I'd have to know a little more about your situations in order to interpret your subconscious reasons a little more accurately.

 

Its not so much a fact of confusion, but why I switch dialects when I should just be me.

[Infinitus]

Answers in Blue.

 

It's because you are subconsciously aware that you are speaking with different people' date=' and your mind is making sure to use different dialects that are appropriate to the people you are interacting with. I'm sure you're aware of this.

 

Casual speak at home is natural, because you are at your own home, in a comfortable area.

When in public you speak respectively because you want people around you to see you as respectable.

No, because I respect them.

 

You speak formally in schools possibly because you want to also seem respectable to the staff, by speaking in a formal tone. Do you often interact with the staff?

I have to, Social Anxiety and Clinical Depression kinda isolates me away from everyone else. But when I have to interact with others, I speak sarcastically so it's easier.

 

Perhaps your grandmother often speaks the Hawaiin dialect, so you want to make sure she understands what your saying the best as possible, perhaps.

No, she understands proper english. Its everyone else, I'm one of the few in my family who can speak Proper English. Everyone else gets confused when I pronounce my E's and R's properly.

 

 

I'd have to know a little more about your situations in order to interpret your subconscious reasons a little more accurately.

 

Its not so much a fact of confusion, but why I switch dialects when I should just be me.

 

You are you. You have always been you. Switching dialects is a part of you. There is logical reason, as well as good intentions behind it. You are being you, just not always speaking like you normally would, because of those intentions. The intentions make you who you are, or at least a large part of it.

[Raylen]

I speak a variety of languages, but I usually have a nice soft tone.

[bury the year]

I have a Boston accent. Faint, but it's there. :0

[Dark]

I have a Boston accent. Faint' date=' but it's there. :0

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I never understood what a Boston accent is. Most people say I don't have it... what don't I have?

[Pikachu]

I tend to talk with a Chinese-English accent to my Chinese friends.

 

I also tend to use a deeper voice when I speak to my teachers.

 

Hmmph.

[Jolta]

I tend to talk with a Chinese-English accent to my Chinese friends.

 

Oh no.

 

I don't know how to describe mine.

[Pudpop]

Naai my bru, its mos lekker. Yoh jy is mal. Jy Laaitie

That's still accepted as English in some places.

Translated: No man, its cool. What? You're crazy. Come here(usually to a white person[not being racist]).

[Raylen]

I tend to talk with a Chinese-English accent to my Chinese friends.

 

I also tend to use a deeper voice when I speak to my teachers.

 

Hmmph.

 

My Chinese is terrible. I can't type it on this keyboard though. I can speak Russian too, but I don't have a Cryllic keyboard.

[Womi]

I'm talking and behaving always the same. I'm just a bit friendlier to girls. Yeah, that's that, really. :/

[Niño]

Not a lot, in general I sound like a common Londoner, other than that always hyper in control and annoying. The only time I notice my dialect and personality changing is when I'm with a womanz of sophistication. ;D

[Yasu]

When I talk to someone' date=' I use English.

 

That's really about it.

 

I guess I [i']try[/i] to be more respectful when talking to someone of a higher position, but usually not.

 

lol

You should think about long term impact >:3

Some people have potential.

[Azmodius]

I have an odd accent, but I do speak in different accents to different groups of people.

[Niño]

Answers in Blue.

 

It's because you are subconsciously aware that you are speaking with different people' date=' and your mind is making sure to use different dialects that are appropriate to the people you are interacting with. I'm sure you're aware of this.

 

Casual speak at home is natural, because you are at your own home, in a comfortable area.

When in public you speak respectively because you want people around you to see you as respectable.

No, because I respect them.

 

You speak formally in schools possibly because you want to also seem respectable to the staff, by speaking in a formal tone. Do you often interact with the staff?

I have to, Social Anxiety and Clinical Depression kinda isolates me away from everyone else. But when I have to interact with others, I speak sarcastically so it's easier.

 

Perhaps your grandmother often speaks the Hawaiin dialect, so you want to make sure she understands what your saying the best as possible, perhaps.

No, she understands proper english. Its everyone else, I'm one of the few in my family who can speak Proper English. Everyone else gets confused when I pronounce my E's and R's properly.

 

 

I'd have to know a little more about your situations in order to interpret your subconscious reasons a little more accurately.

 

Its not so much a fact of confusion, but why I switch dialects when I should just be me.

D: Why do you have social anxt? You seem perfectly fine speaking to me. ;D

[Marisa Kirisame-ze]

Casual English amongst my friends, I'm very polite to strangers, workers, teachers, and people I respect, I become more laid back with talking with my closer family, very nice to my grandparents, and harsh to my brother~

 

And then there are those occasions where I speak slight Japanese, Indonesian, and with a British accent to Robyn~

[bury the year]

I have a Boston accent. Faint' date=' but it's there. :0

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I never understood what a Boston accent is. Most people say I don't have it... what don't I have?

 

Only thing I've noticed about it myself is that you really screw with your r's and that you sound a's funny. :/

[Brushfire]

The water in Majorca don't taste like what it oughta.