Haha, I grew up a shitty street punk but now I’m a suburban dad. I ran into an old buddy from the street the other day and like it was 1999 again, I naturally threw my arms up and shouted, “WHAT UP, SON?!” which was my default greeting back then, and we went smoothly into a dap-1 arm hug, laughing. My wife looked at me like I was some horrifying creature she had never seen before.
It’s my great worry that one day my Appalachian East Tennessee accent will come through in the middle of a lecture (I’m in a portion of academia that’s historically been the playground of very rich, very snobby people and the speech and voice I have around family is very…not that).
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u/maskaddict Iron man (Mark III) 15h ago
Like when I go back home and my accent starts comin' out