It just occurred to me that my internet dialect in my IRL dialect are slightly different in a few ways. Curious to hear others dialectal differences and thoughts on the subject.
I spell things incorrectly when I speak. I also speak in cursive.
I also speak in cursive. It’s so weird that in my head my enunciation is clear but when it comes out of my mouth it’s all mashed together. lol
I would say so, considering I write English here and speak German the rest of the day…
Edit: Alright, I’ve scrolled down and I’m not the first making that joke.
I’ve noticed there are a lot of German speakers on Lemmy, compared to other European languages. I’m curious, it a coincidence y’all ended up here, or was there early adoption in Germany for a more organized reason?
I think this was the same with Reddit. I’ve met many fellow german-speaking people there.
I think after the migration to Lemmy happened, it’s just statistics. But I don’t know why Reddit has been popular with Germans.
I’ve actually been told multiple times that I type exactly how I talk! Once was by a boss and I don’t think he meant it as a compliment though…
Picked up the annoying milennial habit of adding 😂 to everything a couple years back when I started hanging out too much with cross stitchers on Instagram though.
Do you say the emojis after the sentence? :pondering-face:
I’ve been known to! :cry-laughing-smilie:
I address people as “cousin” slightly more online since it’s a handy gender-neutral form of address.
IRL I avoid starting words and especially sentences with S sounds because of my lisp. Literally no one notices but those words still take more effort for me to pronounce.
Online I will reference visual memes, eg. shockedpikachu.jpg
Online I really only use two tones, which amount to “serious / debate / lecture” and “joking / shitcomment / shitkicking”. You can tell them apart because the first has sentences that start with capitalized letters and end in periods. IRL I code-switch a lot more with dozens of personas (probably because I sell things for a living).
“Cousin”, i like that. I’ve been working on using gender-neutral address but it’s tough in-the-moment.
I think my online voice is pretty similar to my IRL voice, probably the biggest thing is that my accent doesn’t come through
I’m from outside of Philly and while I don’t necessarily have the most strong, stereotypical accent, I do have a lot of the typical linguistic quirks, but a lot of it tends to be pronunciation differences. As far as actually words and phrases, I use "jawn” and “youse” or “youse guys” a lot less online.
For example I might grab myself a cup of cawfee or an ahrnge juice and a begel for breakfast, before I head down to the crick to do some fishing. Before I go I’ll leave a note for my wife telling her when to expect me back, but I can’t find a pen so I use some crowns. Then when I get back I’ll warsh off my boots with wooder from the spicket outside, maybe wipe them off with a tal, and put them inside by the rattyator to dry off, while I sit down to watch the iggles game (go birds!) Maybe I’ll hit up my friend, and ask him “Jeet?” and he’ll reply, “No, jew?” so I’ll stop at Wawa and tap MAC so I can buy us some hoagies, probably paired with a lager, and maybe get some wooder ice or maybe some ice cream with jimmies for dessert.
A fascinating demonstration.
I was born in Philly but moved to Texas in the 3rd grade. With the exception of a few things, like how I say orange, my Philly accent is gone. However, I would still use “you guys” instead of “y’all” online. Even though I would say y’all IRL. Recently, I started using “you all” because I got told “you guys” was not inclusive.
Thank ya fer writin’ 'at out. I sure-'njoyed it.
I’m so much more upbeat online than IRL :)
I like making people feel good so I use a lot more positivity and a lot less sarcasm in my language.Digitally, I can express myself more clearly, neatly, and capably (one could even say I feel more sober and not remotely in another state of mind), so I sound like a thesaurus saleswoman, but it’s brought to my attention I have the same “mild valley girl idiosyncrasies” (like, I can’t help that) along with everything else.
I’m a lot more polite, and I generally don’t swear on the internet. Irl I’m not family friendly at all. If I were in a TV show my only lines would be “bleeeeep bleep bleeeep bleep”
Hah! Same with the IRL potty-mouth. People who I got to meet in person after having known me online expected someone really self-effacing and soft-spoken. Of course they were shocked at how salty my mouth can be.
I do keep my f-bombs precise though, for maximum impact.
same mostly
I am far more eloquent over text than I am in real life. If I were to speak the way I write, I’d be tripping all over my own words
the only thing that someone hasn’t said aready is that i type alot more on the internet that speaking iRL
btw i speak Estonian, English and a tiny bit of Spanish
example sentence:
mitte viiega palun
without five please
sin cinco por favor
im learning Spanish next on the line is German then cornish then toki pona then Basque Iceland pidgin and then whatever language other than English they speak in niue and the rest is not decided
I swear so much more irl than online, like a ton. I use lol online and some time saving abbreviations (like I won’t say irl irl, I’ll sound out the full words). Otherwise I pretty much talk the same
Much the same actually. For one thing, I decided back in 2000 or so that I wouldn’t say anything to a person online that I wouldn’t say to their face. I’m sure I’ve slipped a lot on that. :(
Also, I try to type like I talk. Know what I mean y’all?
I mostly communicate in English online. Even when I don’t use English, my online communication still tend to use more English loanwords. It is also a bit formal and diplomatic, without much use of online abbreviations and other shortcuts.
IRL, it’s my native tongue, with a smattering of English words and phrases. It tends to be more informal and direct as well. However, I don’t think I use a lot of colloquialisms, slang and the like, even if my IRL speech gets really informal.
When I’m commenting on a post I tend to use very high-register vocabulary, to the point of sounding archaic or academic. I think it’s primarily a hold-over from writing essays in school, but it doesn’t hurt that the places on the Internet where I hang out tend to be extremely nerdy.
I also frequently leave my sentences unfinished when talking IRL. I’ll just sort of trail off once I can see that I’ve gotten my point across instead of bothering with a complete sentence.
Mijn internetdialect… nou ja, internettaalgebruik, is ongeveer negentig procent Engels en de rest een druppeltje Nederlands. In het echt is het meer half om half met een druppeltje Duits.
gesundheit
