does it ever happen the other way around?
Im not talking about white people who grew up around black people, or black people who grew up around white.
Im talking about people who, with in a short amount of time being around another culture, begin taking on other cultural idiosyncracies.
ex. my white friend said "I feel ya." I've never heard her talk that way before. Now she is starting to use the invariant habitual "be." I think its cute. she's starting to talk like me.
2007-07-23 16:40:34 · 27 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
So many people are going to think they have the perfect answer to this question: "People are just trying to 'fit in' or impress," "People are naturally influenced by those who they spend time with," "People speak different languages, dialects, and accents because they're concerned with being understood by, or relating to, those with whom they are speaking," and so on.... But the fact is that all of the above is true- not for everyone, of course, but for many. And I'd be willing to bet that this happens within all groups of people (or most, at the very least).
What I question the most isn't that people do this but rather that so many people take issue with it. I can't help but to feel joy in knowing that there are people like you who DON'T have a problem with such matters. It's such a non-issue, and opposing it is such a waste of energy and emotion.
"Im not talking about white people who grew up around black people, or black people who grew up around white."
----Oddly enough, there are even people who take issue with individuals who speak according to their cultural influence. It's absolutely ridiculous to even slightly suggest that race should determine how people talk. I've dealt with that sh1t my whole life-- people saying that I shouldn't "talk black" since I'm white-- people saying that I shouldn't try to be someone I'm not. It's so stupid. If I'm suppose to "talk white" then what dialect of "white" am I suppose to speak? Am I suppose to speak my dad's "country"? Or am I suppose to talk like my mom, who speaks "proper English" with a "splash" of "country"
Sorry-- My answer is turning into a bit of a rant. So I'll shut up now.
EDIT:
I momentarily forgot that I, yet again, wanted to comment regarding those who claim that to "talk black" is to speak "improper" English and/or to be ignorant...
I could go on and on, just as I have before, with information showing that "talking black" (speaking Black Vernacular English) is NOT ignorant or lacking the ability to speak "proper" English... But I won't bother. I will simply ask your smart a**es to tell us all WHICH dialect of English is "proper". And be sure to remember that the first English speakers might jack slap you for saying so (if they were alive, of course).
2007-07-23 17:55:57 · answer #1 · answered by SINDY 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I have found that people in general tend to talk and have similar gestures as the people that they are around. When I lived in the south and first moved back north, people said that I had a southern accent. When I first moved to the south, they thought I was from New York. (I'm actually from the Midwest). When I was in 4th grade, I started talking like my teacher. It's just one of those things that happens and has nothing to do with race.
2007-07-24 05:53:20 · answer #2 · answered by nubiangeek 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-30 13:26:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You hate white people huh? You talk about black people all the time! You are obsessed!! Can't get a black girl to go out with yu can u?
2007-07-23 17:02:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
So are you saying talking ignorant is "Black people" talk...you're full sh*t
I've had a black latino dude I use to hang with started talking like me, as in not my accent or way of speaking but he hung with me so much he almost seemed like a "Black Panther" as far as talking against white racism. But he still sounded intelligent with a slight Spanish accent. I was a mental influence to him, not "language" influence.
2007-07-23 17:04:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would have to say that when people do this they are either trying to "fit in" with the crowd because they are insecure with themselves. Or they are being stupid. Or they are making fun of the crowd that they are hanging around. But if people would just act like themselves instead of trying to be/act like someone else, then maybe just maybe this world would be a better place.
2007-07-23 16:50:02 · answer #6 · answered by newmom041402 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I m a valley girl from Cali. And when I moved to NY, I developed a NY accent. I couldnt help it. Some people dont do it on purpose. We can attribute white and non black kids way of speaking nowadays to hip hop music.
2007-07-23 16:49:31 · answer #7 · answered by Ray 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Fredrick Douglas & Barry Bonds
2007-07-23 16:53:12 · answer #8 · answered by Bobby D 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's kind of like they want to adapt to what they' re around. You know kind of like how 12 year-olds try to fit in in middle school.
2007-07-23 16:51:17 · answer #9 · answered by rey1101 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
or they start to cuss excessively....
like, I do not even cuss... so that looks really funny , you know.. lol...
like, chill! not every black person uses the F word as a filler
2007-07-24 03:05:58 · answer #10 · answered by Blazin 22s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋