Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 09:10:49 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 13 Message-ID: <20260309091049.0000143a@gmail.com> References: <10odsq2$er59$1@dont-email.me> <1772787512-12588@newsgrouper.org> <10oeeru$kih0$1@dont-email.me> <10oeiea$lo5g$2@dont-email.me> <6our7mxi9i.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10oh35t$1g6or$1@dont-email.me> <10oj5ii$259sl$2@dont-email.me> <10ojna8$2ashr$3@dont-email.me> <1772999514-12588@newsgrouper.org> <0nlrqkhnvbaefd3t4en5qclp0g9696ss0b@4ax.com> <10okn6p$2nl86$4@dont-email.me> <10okv5i$2qo25$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:10:53 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="176d4679f031b4b24c4101f8e2b7215a"; logging-data="3479058"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+3cJVPKRlKqtnMw/dTgC4ZHLlwa//LC2k=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:6rMpzxGM1xdj1eZ57Pm+Cc6Oy28= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:82764 alt.usage.english:1139090 On Mon, 9 Mar 2026 10:02:10 +1100 Peter Moylan wrote: > Apparently I slipped back into the English of Victoria, although I've > lived in New South Wales for most of my life. I was not aware that I > was changing my language, and anyway most people can't hear any > difference in the speech of those two (adjacent) states. It's fascinating how this works. Even within the same language & dialect I find myself constantly switching between about a half-dozen different tones when on the phone with different customers, and only realize I'm doing it after I've already switched.