BackToMyRoots
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I know there are some islanders up here..when yall talk does your accent go away depending on who you're speaking with?
Yes.
At work, little to no accent.
With family, accent is automatically more pronounced...slip in and out of patois words.
It's not conscious, it's just the way it is...I don't have to think about it. I can have two people by my side and switch in and out with each of them.
There are times when I will conciously jump into using more Jamaican terms...etc, because of who I am around.
All the West Indians I know...do the same.