What do you think of this? (please read on....)?

Question

What do you think of people who change after being around certain people?

After being with her co worker all day my friend ends EVERY sentence with "ha"

Answer 1

Hmm..I don't know. I guess it would depend. I don't think people necessarily do it intentionally.

Answer 2

i kinda agree with bigmoses. i'm from Oklahoma and we "Oklahomans" tend to have a very recognizable accent. I moved away when I was 17 (US Navy). About 10 years later I moved back and now other Oklahomans ask me where I'm from. I don't think people change their speech on purpose. it just kinda happens.

Answer 3

its like this if u move to a different region people talk different and it wont be long and u will pickup little bits of there words accents  u are what u eat so to speak u sound a little jealous

Answer 4

It's just one of those things I guess. When I started Uni i was suddenly around a lot of Americans. Now I start every other sentence with 'So...'. And one of my American friends has started saying "Fair enough" all the time. Which is one of my annoying habits.

I also noticed that when I watch TV I sometimes  make the same faces as the people on TV.

It probably goes back to when you're a baby. You pick up emotional cues from people and start to copy them.

Answer 5

I know what you mean. I don't like it. It can be annoying, and people should stick to their own styles and vocabularies. It is good to learn from others, but picking up habits is a different story. Good question by the way.

Answer 6

yes it happens even people's accents can change when around people who have a different accent.it can be just something new or it can be an annoying bad habit.my gf is from iowa and some people n her family have a very odd goober accent with a certain cadence to their speech.i certainly hope that it doesn't infect any of my friends !

Answer 7

I think sometimes, for impressionable people, they unconsciously want to "fit in" with a certain person or group, and therefore adopt mannerisms or speech like the people they wish to emulate.  Sometimes this is done knowingly, but I think most people do it unconsciously.