For science!

[momebie]

So, last night kel_reiley was musing over twitter about how she'd been reading a fic and a guy in his 20s had used the term 'mother hen', which she personally felt like some one of that demographic wouldn't do. That led to a discussion in which it was realized that lots of people about our age say 'mother hen', but then the question moved to whether it was generational and maybe picked up from OUR parents, or colloquial, or something of that sort. Since my favorite way to do science is with LJ polls, I'm here to pick your brains about several words and how you use them. Please indulge me. Also, I'm leaving this unlocked so she can send people this way. Feel free to do so with your own friends.

[Poll #1797600]

Extra credit essay questions:

1. How much of yourself do you think you project into a character's speech when you're writing?

2. If you are active in a fandom, do you think you pick up more words and phrases from that fandom or fandom as a whole than you do from your public life?

3. Do you converse often with someone from another country who constantly messes with your accent and ways of saying things, as well as word usage?

Comments

[momebie.livejournal.com]

I stole your question and added it to the poll! Also, enunciation rocks. (That should be a whole new episode of School House Rock. Speech Pathologist Class Time Rock?)

[paragraphs.livejournal.com]

Oh good! Because seriously, that boy has messed me up but good. I have been asked if I was from elsewhere but no, I just mostly talk to him. I don't know why my daughter teases me about my clear pronunciation of words with 't' in them. I like crisp t's! Oh well, mock away, LOL.