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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 9623865" data-attributes="member: 47839">This is called code-switching where a speaker either switches between languages or dialects of a single language based upon the listener or the circumstance the speaker is in. It can expand into non-lingual aspects as well.This happens in several ways:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using two distinct languages at the same time. Spanglish: A bi-lingual person uses both Spanish and English words in a single sentence or conversation. Example: "Pero WHY do I have to go a la casa?" instead of "But WHY do I have to go home?"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Using two dialects of the same language at the same time.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Moving between dialects based upon who the intended audience is. Typical examples are a "phone" voice vs. everyday conversational voice or changing how you explain something based upon the listeners understanding of the topic or a minority groups dialect at home vs. the majority dialect at work.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Changing clothing styles to blend into a dominate group.</li> </ul>This list is not exhaustive.I learned a solid "phone" voice because my mother was in Real Estate before there were answering machines or cell phones, so we could not answer the phone in a conversational style because all three children were expected to answer the phone with a professional voice. My mom even drilled a script into us.This skill helped me get hired for phone tech support where I then learned to convert "Engineer" to normal human. There was also a marked difference how my black co-workers answered the phone vs. how they spoke to me in the lunch room to each other. When I was the only white person with them I was included but when someone who had not been given a pass or was management showed up their business professional voice was right back on.I have used Spanglish after living in Colombia for a year back in the '80s. It has faded over time but I sill occasionally interject certain Spanish/Colombian phrases into my English conversations unconsciously. Mostly Spanish swear words <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.Back in high school I transferred out of my district to the "rich" kid school and within 6 months I had changed my wardrobe for school so I didn't get picked on. My stoner-wear camouflage (I hung out with the stoners, but was stone cold sober) from my middle school days stood out among the preppy dominate wardrobe of my new classmates.</blockquote>

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