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Do y'all notice "office occupation" accents? (hexbear.net)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by GaveUp@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I feel I can def pretty accurately tell whether somebody works a tech or some business/finance/marketing/HR job just by the way they speak. Like I talk to them outside of a work context, I make the guess, and then they later reveal what they do and I'm usually right if it's one of those 2 categories

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[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Now I wonder if news anchors have their same accent off camera

[โ€“] propter_hog@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

"That was an incredible massage, Tom; fucky time at 10:00"