Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent
Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent
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Isolated for six months, scientists in Antarctica began to develop their own accent
You put international researchers from different countries together, it doesn't surprise me that it would blend together.
An American, an Icelandic, a German, a Scotsman and a Welshman walk into Antarctica, and þú cannae verstehen the fuck unrhyw af Þeim sagen.
James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes
That's beautiful.
Yep, intentionally modifying your speech patterns to be understood better isn't exactly adopting a new accent, it's just using simpler/common words and enunciating.
In the article they talk about extremely subtle pronounciation changes. It doesn't seem like it was a conscious decision.
I used to have a job where I was the only non-Indian on my team and I didn't go as far as to develop an accent (also I went home every day lol unlike these guys) but I felt like I was unintentionally picking up some Indian affectations/word orders.