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submitted 11 months ago by Mac@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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.

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 11 points 11 months ago

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).

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

"Cousin", i like that. I've been working on using gender-neutral address but it's tough in-the-moment.

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