the word chicago.
"you chicago-ens have a weird nasal accent. the way you say chic'aaaa'go is hilarious!" or so say those people from down south. however, we tend to think, as they say these things, "what the heck? no we don't! you've got this weird drawl on all your words! you talk so slow!" or something of this nature.
what's going on? correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm figuring on a social contruction of reality. no matter how hard i try to hear myself say chicago with a nasal accent, i can't hear it! course, from their point of view, it's completely obvious! are my ears going? are their ears going? i'm thinking that what we were talking about in class relates to this situtation because it's all about how we grew up. i grew up hearing chicago said like chicago! i just figured thats how it's supposed to be said. (which, in my view, it is) society told us that thats the way it is. and we accept it as truth. i guess, in these small situations, truth isn't always the same for every person. we each have our own opinions, according to how we were raised in our society.
am i making any sense? ha.
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3 comments:
You're making sense. I moved into the area and Chicago is the one word no Chicagoan can escape having an accent with. Back East I knew Bostonians and New Yorkers had fun accents, but I never thought I had one until I would be talking to friends here and they'd "mispronounce" something. It's pretty interesting. And I agree nurture has alot more to do with this than nature.
Dat sounds like ders an acksent der! Haha, I grew up in the city, and sometimes even my students notice and make fun of me. You are indeed noticing a soc con of reality, although you are seeing the bigger picture and so you are also using your sociological imagination. Cool for you!
I've always been baffled by the whole accent thing too. I mean, of course there's the obvious new york or southern accents, but it never crossed my mind that chicagoans had an accent. I've lived in several different places and it always catches me off guard when someone can tell just from hearing me speak. My parents grew up around here so I guess that's why i've always said 'chicaaago'. Then there's all the idiosyncratic phrases that differ across the US. I still say soda...and I endlessly get teased for calling 'flip-flops' slippers.' In then end, it's all relative though
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