Mar 17, 2015
Convergent
The Language Nerd is feeling accommodating.
Dear Language Nerd,
I’m on the phone all the time for my job, and I’ve noticed something odd. When I talk to New Yorkers, I sound a little like a Yankee. When I talk to Georgians, I sound a little Southern. When I talk to Londoners, I sound a little British. I’m not doing it on purpose, but I match their accents. Not enormously, but a bit. Is this normal? Or am I developing the linguistic…
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