>> Glad she don't mind dialect bein' everywhere but right. Been hangin' 'round peeps got different ways of speakin' dat he pick up sometimes an' drop. Weihd to be able to do did without bein' thought weihd fo it. Pro'ly bodyfears, but dey stil theah. <<
It's just codeswitching between different registers of language. Lots of folks do it. Me, I tend to drop into dialect if someone else is, I'm linguistic SillyPutty. But Southern's strongest, because my mama's people come from Tennessee. So if I'm around it, then it comes back, and thick as molasses in winter. People think I'm teasing them, sometimes, but I'm not. Talk about fishin' and it comes up too, cause we did that together.
>> Sometimes wanna correct hisself 'cause he don't think he be understood an' shit. <<
Well, folks might miss a few words, but it's close enough for grabs. Cajun now, that's harder, cause it crosses with French.
>> Gets wohse when he stressed like dis. Then go back to sorta right, but not really.<<
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It's just codeswitching between different registers of language. Lots of folks do it. Me, I tend to drop into dialect if someone else is, I'm linguistic SillyPutty. But Southern's strongest, because my mama's people come from Tennessee. So if I'm around it, then it comes back, and thick as molasses in winter. People think I'm teasing them, sometimes, but I'm not. Talk about fishin' and it comes up too, cause we did that together.
>> Sometimes wanna correct hisself 'cause he don't think he be understood an' shit. <<
Well, folks might miss a few words, but it's close enough for grabs. Cajun now, that's harder, cause it crosses with French.
>> Gets wohse when he stressed like dis. Then go back to sorta right, but not really.<<
*pet pet pet* You'll be okay eventually.