Have you noticed that when a person change his/her accent, his/her personality also changes? :)
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No. I usually find personality changes when speaking a different language. It’s because of cultural norms and traditions. What may be acceptable in one language, may not be in another.
- Jamari AndrewsI am a certified bi-lingual TEFL English teacher! Let me show you the keys to confidence & fluency!
I have indeed! My Spanish and English personalities are COMPLETELY different
Yes there are actually a lot of studies link language and attitude.
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yes it does, our words and accent effects our personality and some how we lose the originality our voice and our own self.
- Manthoula XenidouGreek Archaeologist - Philologist / Certified teacher of English as a second language
I thought you meant language so yeah I completely agree with Patty.
yeah. when you go to rome you do what the romans do.
- Manthoula XenidouGreek Archaeologist - Philologist / Certified teacher of English as a second language
That's most of the times true. At least, it has happened to me. I think it's because when you speak in your native language you have more confidence and almost everything in life like the way others perceive you depend on how confident you sound. But we don't know all the people in the world and how they function.
I haven't heard or seen my students change their personality when they started to change their accent to American from their mother tongue.
I change when I switch to different languages. My attitude changes depending on the language, but not based on my accent in English.
I have not come across this situation yet. Accent comes predominately from the language he learnt from his surroundings. First, from the family, then his friends in school. I have not come across anyone from changes in the personality.
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