2PacksAday wrote:City life is set at a much faster pace, as opposed to rural life....it's only natural that this is going to be reflected in our speech patterns as well as how we interact in conversations. New Yorkers, or city folk in general, are probably just as friendly as the rest of us, it's just that in the south/midwest there is simply more time for politness.
In my neck of the woods, talking over someone is rare, most conversations involve one person talking while the other nods from time to time, and the occasional hmmm....just to show that they are listening.
Yes but...I wasn't raised in a city. Actually, I think the geographical region of this article needs to be extended. I was, oh....100 miles or so south, on the Jersey Shore.
Growing up, we thought people from NY talked faster than we did, etc., but if you were say, from Iowa, you couldn't have seen the difference. It's all relative.
I left NJ when I was about 20. I'm 47 now.
A few months ago, I went to NY for a long weekend/business trip, about 5 days.
One of the days, I rented a car and spent the entire day just roaming around familiar areas of my childhood.
The one thing that stood out to me was that no matter where I stopped, I ended up making a friend. Albeit a 5 minute friend, but a friend.
I would imagine I was fodder for a few conversations that evening....
Hey, ya know you I talked to today? Some lady from Texas. Yeah, TEXAS, jeez......I don't know how people can live there, but she seemed ok......
hehehe...I even got a picture of the woman who sold me a Linden Tart at Friedman's bakery. I told her I went to St. Rose down the street and was just here looking around.
She was like...."of course you went to Saint Rose" I knew what she meant, because everyone goes there between/after class to get a bagel or black & white. No suprise I'm back after 25 years.