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It just occurred to me that my internet dialect in my IRL dialect are slightly different in a few ways. Curious to hear others dialectal differences and thoughts on the subject.

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[โ€“] Fondots@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think my online voice is pretty similar to my IRL voice, probably the biggest thing is that my accent doesn't come through

I'm from outside of Philly and while I don't necessarily have the most strong, stereotypical accent, I do have a lot of the typical linguistic quirks, but a lot of it tends to be pronunciation differences. As far as actually words and phrases, I use "jawnโ€ and "youse" or "youse guys" a lot less online.

For example I might grab myself a cup of cawfee or an ahrnge juice and a begel for breakfast, before I head down to the crick to do some fishing. Before I go I'll leave a note for my wife telling her when to expect me back, but I can't find a pen so I use some crowns. Then when I get back I'll warsh off my boots with wooder from the spicket outside, maybe wipe them off with a tal, and put them inside by the rattyator to dry off, while I sit down to watch the iggles game (go birds!) Maybe I'll hit up my friend, and ask him "Jeet?" and he'll reply, "No, jew?" so I'll stop at Wawa and tap MAC so I can buy us some hoagies, probably paired with a lager, and maybe get some wooder ice or maybe some ice cream with jimmies for dessert.

[โ€“] hactar42@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was born in Philly but moved to Texas in the 3rd grade. With the exception of a few things, like how I say orange, my Philly accent is gone. However, I would still use "you guys" instead of "y'all" online. Even though I would say y'all IRL. Recently, I started using "you all" because I got told "you guys" was not inclusive.

[โ€“] radix@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

A fascinating demonstration.

[โ€“] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Thank ya fer writin' 'at out. I sure-'njoyed it.