My parents do it. It's not intentional, just a natural response to who you're interacting with. I don't have a typical Kentucky accent and I don't live there anymore, but when I'm on the phone with someone from Kentucky people around here laugh at my "accent." I don't even notice a difference.

I understand picking up an accent after a while when you live there. That's not what I'm talking about.

Is it their Kentucky accent that your parent's start changing to or the accent you picked up from where you live now? I'm not clear if they still live here or if they also moved.

I understand picking up an accent after a while when you live there. That's not what I'm talking about.

Is it their Kentucky accent that your parent's start changing to or the accent you picked up from where you live now? I'm not clear if they still live here or if they also moved.

 

It isn't that I picked up a new accent, but that I have and use different accents depending on who I'm around. Not really intentionally.

 

They still live in NKY, but I practically need a translator when they talk to someone from EKY, where they are from.

Clearly you don't talk to black people often enough...

 

We are the minority.

It isn't that I picked up a new accent, but that I have and use different accents depending on who I'm around. Not really intentionally.

 

They still live in NKY, but I practically need a translator when they talk to someone from EKY, where they are from.

Weird. I have several friends from the South (different states) and never have I ever changed how I talk to them and don't recall their accent changing either. I must be living in the Twilight Zone. :lol:

I have to tell you, I don't know anyone that does that. Now, sure, they may watch their language around a certain crowd out of respect or professionalism, but they don't change sound, phrases or actual words. I don't do it either, I'm just myself. Don't really understand the need to change up.

 

Interesting. You don't use any , for lack of a better word, slang around certain people that you do not use around others? Do you cuss more around some than others?

 

Again, I'm surprised this has become an issue.

No offence intended to you or anyone else on this board.

 

None taken, holmes.(Example of how I mix up my way of talking)

Weird. I have several friends from the South (different states) and never have I ever changed how I talk to them and don't recall their accent changing either. I must be living in the Twilight Zone. :lol:

 

 

You can't change who you are. If you're not "southern" it would seem foolish to talk southern. The President is indeed black so that's why it seems normal to me.

Are they on the younger side? Is this something that's generational and that's why is seems odd to me?

 

One's my girlfriend who is 31 and one is my brother who is 43 so I don't think so.

You talking about joking or changing how you sound? Changing how you sound when it's isn't really you wreaks of phony to me. Unless it's done in jest. No offence intended to you or anyone else on this board.

 

Both. I don't take it personally RTS, we go way back on here.

 

To be honest I don't catch it as much as my family notices it. It's all in fun.

 

I do have to be honest, and no offense, don't see the big uproar.

 

As a professional example: I lead two worship services every Sunday. One is laid back and contemporary in setting and congregation. The other is formal and traditional. I preach in a different style in each one. Why? Because my congregations are different and are meeting the good news in a different way.

 

I remember once when a pastor friend visited his home church that had the same Sunday set up. He noted the pastor preached the same sermon in both services but he wondered how a sermon on "Life in the Fast Lane" applied to blue haired seniors who probably never drove the interstate anymore.

 

:thumb:

We are the minority.

 

In some parts of this state that would be super-minority. Your probably on the edge of some of those places.

In some parts of this state that would be super-minority. Your probably on the edge of some of those places.

 

Shoot...I'm on edge in my own county sometimes. :lol:

Interesting. You don't use any , for lack of a better word, slang around certain people that you do not use around others? Do you cuss more around some than others?

 

Again, I'm surprised this has become an issue.

Slang? Hmm... I guess perhaps I may use some slang around others that I wouldn't around others, but in general I'm a pretty much what you see is what you get type of guy, with the exception of cussing because, yes, I do cuss more around some than others. That's out of respect.

 

Isn't everything an issue? :lol:

You can't change who you are. If you're not "southern" it would seem foolish to talk southern. The President is indeed black so that's why it seems normal to me.

I guess, it's just as president, or a presidential candidate, it comes off as pandering to me.

 

Hillary and Joe Biden both did the southern dialect and did indeed sound foolish.

One's my girlfriend who is 31 and one is my brother who is 43 so I don't think so.

Hmm, maybe it's something I just don't notice. I have no other explanation.

Both. I don't take it personally RTS, we go way back on here.

 

To be honest I don't catch it as much as my family notices it. It's all in fun.

 

I do have to be honest, and no offense, don't see the big uproar.

 

As a professional example: I lead two worship services every Sunday. One is laid back and contemporary in setting and congregation. The other is formal and traditional. I preach in a different style in each one. Why? Because my congregations are different and are meeting the good news in a different way.

 

I remember once when a pastor friend visited his home church that had the same Sunday set up. He noted the pastor preached the same sermon in both services but he wondered how a sermon on "Life in the Fast Lane" applied to blue haired seniors who probably never drove the interstate anymore.

 

:thumb:

We do indeed. :lol:

 

It's all good, I'm not in an uproar myself. Politicians irritate me (regardless of party affiliation) and that could be why it bugs me more. Like I said prior, it just seems like pandering to me, so it just kind of gets under my skin a bit. There certainly are bigger fish to fry, I know.

 

Thanks for helping to clarify for me, you, Clyde and everyone else that posted in this thread. I'm starting to look at it differently. :thumb: