| User | Comment |
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LindaH   | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:00am |
Yes. Usually it's just facial expressions and vocal intonations. Sometimes it's gestures. It's a non-deliberate thing, and I catch myself doing this a lot. I noticed that it tends to be very animated people, and people I get along with and relate to. |
| LindaH | | (reply to Crayons) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:00am |
Awesome survey. I like this topic. I did one sort of like this a long time ago.  |
| kcthedog | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:13am |
I think everybody does, that is how we learn to express ourselves, by emulation. |
Crayons   | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:24am |
Most often on the internet. Like the faces. :> XDDDDDDDD and also, the habit of expressing myself with bad spelling and capital letters. OMG HI LOL GESS WUT I FEELLL SO HAPPYYYYY LOLLOLOLOLOL .... Because I talk to.. dorks. |
| LindaH | | (reply to kcthedog) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:28am |
Are you mocking me?
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| kcthedog | | (reply to LindaH) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:30am |
If the mock fits wear it! |
| kcthedog | | (reply to LindaH) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:32am |
Get it? Emulation... |
| LindaH | | (reply to kcthedog) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:35am |
Um... |
| LindaH | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:36am |
That's why I said mock. Oh I get it. You're emulating my joke? |
| kcthedog | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:37am |
Boy nothing gets past you! |
| kcthedog | | (reply to Crayons) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:40am |
> Most often on the internet. Like the faces.
> :> XDDDDDDDD and also, the habit of expressing
> myself with bad spelling and capital letters.
> OMG HI LOL GESS WUT I FEELLL SO HAPPYYYYY
> LOLLOLOLOLOL .... Because I talk to.. dorks.
>
I am not a DORK! (am I?) |
| Crayons | | (reply to kcthedog) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:47am |
Don't you .. like dorks?  |
| kcthedog | | (reply to Crayons) posted 12-Aug-2008 12:56am |
His/hers mother loves it? The Dorks shall rule the universes! |
| kcthedog | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:57am |
Kinda looks like Yoda! |
| Pomeranian | | posted 12-Aug-2008 2:09am |
I do and vice versa. |
| ausfox | | posted 12-Aug-2008 5:56am |
Yes all the time. I don't mean to, but it happens |
bill   | | posted 12-Aug-2008 7:50am |
I do this a lot, both consciously and subconsciously (without being aware of it). I'm like a sponge that absorbs, then imitates. |
| Iseult | | posted 12-Aug-2008 10:10am |
Ocassionally. |
Galomorro  | | posted 12-Aug-2008 10:58am |
Don't think so. |
Enheduanna  | | posted 12-Aug-2008 12:31pm |
All the time. I am very susceptible to this, although I think I do it less as I get older. |
| Cain | | posted 12-Aug-2008 5:26pm |
Yes, I mirror people's body language all the time (subconsciously).
It can sometime's get embarassing.
I have started to pick up a bit of a Forfar twang after living here for almost 2 years now. It's not the most pleasant accent in the world... |
| cerealkiller | | posted 13-Aug-2008 6:44pm |
I have this habit of talking like the person who is talking to me, the tone, words, accent, etc. |
| Melf | | posted 13-Aug-2008 6:48pm |
I just noticed I've started saying 'billions' like the Doctor; all emphasis on the 'B', with a very slight 'm' sound in front of it. It's like mBillions.
Edit: He said it again. I'm still trying to figure it out - it's not exactly an 'm'; the air sort of comes from when you say something beginning with 'm' but comes out as a 'b'. It's in the bottom row of teeth instead a pop between the lips. Also, you don't make your mouth as wide in the 'illions'. Eh. |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 13-Aug-2008 8:10pm |
Yes yes this is me i do the same what others do and i pick up from this |
| JessicaWoman99 | | (reply to bill) posted 13-Aug-2008 8:13pm |
> I do this a lot, both consciously and subconsciously (without being
> aware of it). I'm like a sponge that absorbs, then imitates.
Oh just like Bob Sponge pants Bill you are not aware "giggles" tee hee |
| bill |
Tee Hee, indeed O_o |
| Kristal_Rose | | posted 14-Aug-2008 5:18am |
My son used to say 'I don't know' a lot. I never expected to pick up that one, but after his death I seem to be using it a lot.
The last one I picked up was 'Alas' from Dumbledore. |
| cloudhugger | | posted 16-Aug-2008 4:04pm |
No, I will steal from the tv, but only to make a funny point. |
gambler  | | posted 16-Aug-2008 5:49pm |
No, not really.............. certainly as a teenager, (peer pressure and stuff) but as I have gotten older, no |
| Gomezy3k | | posted 17-Aug-2008 10:09am |
Depends... I did pick up a Southern Accent when I lived in Georgia for a couple of years... Still say Ya'll... Most things people do annoys the heck out of me so I do not mimic them... |
| llamamama | | posted 6-Sep-2008 12:05pm |
Yes, and I'm willing to bet everyone does. I've started saying ''just throwing it out there'' because a friend does. That's the only example that comes to mind right away. |
| Shrike |
I tend to make mild changes to my accent and expressions based on the vernacular. |
| Melf |
Ok, now I'm starting to sound a little like Mark Kermode. Eh. |
| Crayons | | (reply to bill) posted 20-Sep-2008 8:44pm |
SpongeBill Squarepants.... |
| Kristal_Rose | | (reply to Gomezy3k) posted 21-Sep-2008 1:25am |
But that makes sense. It's a needed word with no equivalent elsewhere in English. Foreign languages like French have both a singular and plural 'you'. |
| they | | posted 28-Oct-2008 9:24am |
I've always gone back and forth on how to say the word "envelope". After years of listening to my customers say the word "envelope", I've decided that I will start pronouncing it "envelope".
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| judgescratch | | posted 14-Nov-2008 8:48am |
Yes. I'm a sponge for language. Which is okay, except when I pick up the bad habits as well. |
