From my recent people watching - not stalking, just observing how people interact and socialize and such - not actually observing the persons themselves, I realize there's this one thing a lot of people can do that I seem to have forgotten how to do. Or, rather, I refuse to let myself do.
As my interest in linguistics grows, I'm reminded that even with a language, people use different words, slang, and syntax. I always seem to talk as if I'm writing an essay - and somehow this has become a rather terrible habit of mine. If you want an example, basically, this is just how I talk in real life probably 80% of the time. The other 20% of the time is probably when I'm talking to my subordinates.
But as a human being who will constantly be interacting, I need to be aware of how the people around me talk, so as to better connect with them. It's not necessarily that I sound serious, it's more like... I'm afraid of losing the way I can somewhat sound more intellectual like this - and intellect is something I always strive towards for myself. More bluntly speaking, sometimes I have to remember not to give people some sort of inferiority complex - or, I have to remember that the way I talk just sounds real tense and academic and not very casually social.
I am working on it, though. I've been aware for quite a while and I'm just having a hard time.
As my interest in linguistics grows, I'm reminded that even with a language, people use different words, slang, and syntax. I always seem to talk as if I'm writing an essay - and somehow this has become a rather terrible habit of mine. If you want an example, basically, this is just how I talk in real life probably 80% of the time. The other 20% of the time is probably when I'm talking to my subordinates.
But as a human being who will constantly be interacting, I need to be aware of how the people around me talk, so as to better connect with them. It's not necessarily that I sound serious, it's more like... I'm afraid of losing the way I can somewhat sound more intellectual like this - and intellect is something I always strive towards for myself. More bluntly speaking, sometimes I have to remember not to give people some sort of inferiority complex - or, I have to remember that the way I talk just sounds real tense and academic and not very casually social.
I am working on it, though. I've been aware for quite a while and I'm just having a hard time.
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