Jack Herlocker
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Ah. So if I read you right, you’re saying that someone’s speech pattern changes in a way that listeners (who probably also have little experience firsthand with foreign languages) interpret as <whatever> sounding. (And once you put it in someone’s head that “José sounds British now,” they listen for affirming sounds.) Am I close?

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    Husband & developer, tech writer & IT geek. I fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, and scratch where it itches. Occasionally do weird & goofy things.

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