Do you alter your speech?

[Kyle]

Do you ever find yourself altering your speech based on who you're talking to, how you're feeling, or how you'd like to present yourself to others? For example speaking quietly, loudly, putting on different accents, using different vocabularies.

Lots of us have or know people that have starkly different phone voices, radio djs are said to develop dj voices when on air and healthcare professionals seem to have their own doctor voices and words when talking to patients. How many voices do you think you have?


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[AgnesIO]

Yes, without a doubt.

If in a meeting I almost certainly do a bit of upward convergence, likewise when speaking to internationals I tend to tone down my language.

I have a friend who sounds insanely posh when speaking to certain relatives, hilarious to hear!

[Nick]

Yes, I would say I am loud around family and friends. When I go out and see other people like in shops and they ask me for help or something I try to sound clear and all that and when they walk away im like what the hell i talk like that?

[Martin]

I have a different voice whenever I have to go on a checkout at work omg, it's so weird and I can't explain it!


I have also developed a slightly welsh tinge to my accent whilst at college which again is weird considering it's not even in wales. I think its because I'm going to Cardiff Uni in September, I'm just internally preparing or something! Either way its subconsciously happening!

I'm also a lot quieter and stuff at work than I am home etc if that counts. I ramble a lot when at home but tend to stick to limited conversation at work.

[Alkaz]

When I am speaking to my friends from up north I do find that I use their dialect just to me everyone's lives easier to understand. I also change depending on who I am talking to, clients, my boss, friends etc.

[dbgtz]

I don't think I change the way I speak at all. Some people have asked me to use simpler language, but I find it difficult

[FlyingJesus]

Not particularly, when I have drunk far too much I tend to slip and drop my Ts a bit but generally I'm not big on swearing or whatever whoever I'm in front of so I don't need to regulate my speech really, just not something that's a major part of my dictionary

[lawrawrrr]

I have a "radio voice", a "phone voice" and a "talking to grandparents voice" which are all very similar - a slightly posher version of my landan twang... I don't really think about it though, just do it :p


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[Ekelektra]

When I talk to people I don't really know and on the phone my voice goes higher definitely and if I'm nervous I mix up words.

Also I sometimes notice that around my immediate family my accent is stronger.

[A]

Yeah, I do this all the time to be quite honest. Depending where I am as well usually makes me alter it.