What does it say about a society in which a person can talk on the phone to someone whose family lived within twenty mile of them for generations, and can tell just by their dialect the color of their skin?
2006-07-22 13:32:26 · 10 answers · asked by mrknositall 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It's beautiful how people always drag out the exceptions to the rule...
2006-07-22 13:49:17 · update #1
I dont know what it says about a society, but you can, and anyone who says otherwise is lying to themselves. The actual question is why do the MAJORITY of african-americans speak with a southern accent, no matter where in the country they are from. I don't know why!
2006-07-22 13:40:00 · answer #1 · answered by kvuo 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That you might not knosallyouthinkyou do? I've often been accused of being black - but I'm not - why have I been accused of such - because I lived in a black neighborhood for several of my impressionable years and picked up the dialect - it is easy to fall back into it when I don't want to be bothered by insensitive questions such as this!
My pastor could easily be mistaken for Mexican, both in looks and speech - but he's not, he's white.
So, your hypothesis I find has many holes in it.
I dated a young man that even my family thought might be oriental, until they met his parents and realized if he came from two white parents, he probably wasn't oriental.
We're all uniquely designed - so phone listening alone might be misleading as to a person's true heritage.
2006-07-22 13:43:59 · answer #2 · answered by dph_40 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, no they can't I used to work for a Filipino doctor and as a result of working for her I ended up with her accent. When I got mad you could hear my brogue (my grandfather was Irish and when he got mad the brogue was very present). From working for years with theatre companies and singing in choirs I had a very clipped British sound when I spoke. As a result people would hear me speak and they had a very hard time figuring out where I came from and if they heard me on a phone, inevitably I was asked what country I grew up in. So no it has nothing to do with figuring out people just by hearing them talk.
2006-07-22 13:44:34 · answer #3 · answered by mom of girls 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means they haven't forgotten who they're talking to and that they have caller ID. And aren't burned out on drugs or Will and Grace.
2006-07-22 13:43:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If nothing else, it says, that they have a trained ear, and a keener sense of perseption than most.
2006-07-22 13:41:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm....that society has become very intuitive? I dunno dawg but lemme axe you sumfin.....If a Woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck if a Woodchuck could chuck wood, then why do people still ask how much wood a Woodchuck could chuck?
2006-07-22 13:40:36 · answer #6 · answered by Cindy C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no clue but good luck on your answers
2006-07-22 13:35:36 · answer #7 · answered by trouble comes a knockin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow. they must be really smart.
2006-07-22 13:35:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can guess but can't be certain
2006-07-22 13:37:15 · answer #9 · answered by leadbelly 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh?
2006-07-22 13:36:59 · answer #10 · answered by 3holepunch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋