Okay, here's a question.

[conuly]

I've noticed over the past couple of weeks that I'm talking differently than I had been. Talking, typing maybe - differently.

Nothing I can exactly place my finger on, I just sound different to me, different word choices, different stylistic decisions.

This isn't the sort of gradual change that you might get when immersed in a different environment or something, you know how people do change how they speak over time. And this isn't a *problem*, either - I'm not losing my ability to speak, I'm just as coherent as I've ever been. (At least I think I am. I guess it's possible that my judgment is totally flawed in this regard.)

So here are the possibilities:

1. I'm totally wrong. There's something else going on, or nothing going on, and I *think* there's a change but there isn't.

2. No, I'm right, definitely there's a change.

Either way, I want to know why this might be happening. Just to know.

(Honestly, sometimes I think I make stuff up just to have something to worry about at three in the morning instead of sleeping like I really ought to be.)

Comments

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that my speech and writing patterns change when I'm exposed to certain different speech patterns. It's not a conscious choice, or even something that happens just with people that I admire:

The week and a half that I spent talking like Adam Sandler after watching Billy Maddison for the first time was pretty horrible. I could consciously prevent myself from doing it, but when ever I stopped thinking about it, I reverted to same pattern. Not fun.

It's also happened with at least three of my friends, and nearly every time I come into contact with British accents.

So, is there some new or otherwise current influence in your life that you might subconsciously be emulating?

[conuly]

I thought of that! And the answer would have to be a firm and unequivocal "no". Unless it's a very subtle exposure

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

hmmm...

Well, it was worth a shot.

[conuly]

It was a good idea.

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that my speech and writing patterns change when I'm exposed to certain different speech patterns. It's not a conscious choice, or even something that happens just with people that I admire:

The week and a half that I spent talking like Adam Sandler after watching Billy Maddison for the first time was pretty horrible. I could consciously prevent myself from doing it, but when ever I stopped thinking about it, I reverted to same pattern. Not fun.

It's also happened with at least three of my friends, and nearly every time I come into contact with British accents.

So, is there some new or otherwise current influence in your life that you might subconsciously be emulating?

[conuly]

I thought of that! And the answer would have to be a firm and unequivocal "no". Unless it's a very subtle exposure

[sporks5000.livejournal.com]

hmmm...

Well, it was worth a shot.

[conuly]

It was a good idea.