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I would love to undertand better the reason/psychology/development of some homosexual men to speak in that distinctive way of speaking that seems exclusive to gay men. Like it isnt an accent, and doesnt seem to occur naturally since its exclusive to that group. Do gay men make it a point to learn to speak that way at some point? If so why?
My best guess is as a way to show their orientation publicly to signal to other gay men, in an effort to creat connections or find companions that are also gay? But that would imply its a conscious thing they learnedto do at some point?
PS please no inconsiderate responses. Be respectful people.
@freemo well, think about yourself. Do you ever find yourself speaking a different way around certain people as a conscious or unconscious way of relating to them, especially as a positive way of matching them, showing kinship?
I think that happens to a lot or even most of us.
We codeswitch as a way of engaging with other humans.
@volkris I actually dont but i recognize myself as the exception. Adoping cultural expressions like slang, dialect, accents, fashion styles, or other expressions is something I am strongly averse to. I find it a failing of humans in the genrral sense and not something to adopt.
For example i am from philly and people ofte remark that i lack a philly accent. My accent is generic and as close to having no accent as one can reasonably get.
But to your point, i did figure at first it was an adaptation to the expression of the group they are in. But one thing pointed out is that people who express themselves in this way often begin at a youbg age before joining the gay community or even knowing they were gay.
@volkris sure ill tske that. I mean its not that ge eral. Id say its a generalized northen USA accent basically. Even by southern or UK standards its still an accent.
@freemo sounds like you prefer to have a generic accent.
Which is itself the adoption of an accent--a generic one :)