• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    38
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 months ago

    Also dialects are a thing. The way a lot of words come out of my mouth has been culturally labeled as ignorant. I go out of my way to change my pronunciations at work so I get taken seriously, but I’ve been doing it less now that I’m accepted in that world. Maybe that caps how much farther I can go, but maybe I don’t want to go further if it means continuing to act like people who sound like how I sound are less than