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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Additional context:

Native speakers of my mother tongue do not all understand each other due to some pretty extreme dialects. Now that I'm in Europe, I've noticed multiple instances of people sometimes not understand the dialect of someone from a village 10-20 km away...

In contrast, for example most American, British, and Australian people can just... understand each other like that?? I never thought much about it before but it's pretty incredible

Edit: thanks everyone, and clearly I didn't think of certain parts of the UK when I was in the shower and thought of this...

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[–] AreaKode@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago (16 children)

I live in the US Midwest with almost no accent. Anytime I go somewhere where people have strong accents, my brain really has to work to understand them. It'll take a couple of days of immersion before I really start to understand people.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 days ago (13 children)

“With almost no accent”

You have an accent

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Midwest is classic "broadcast English". It's considered an almost neutral accent without a strong sense of place associated with it.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] FishFace@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Never really. Mid-Atlantic was taught in elocution lessons but didn't really exist outside film and theatre.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

Oh I actually thought the comment I replied to replied to your comment about broadcast English xD

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought it was native to wealthy families from Jersey/Virginia/Maryland. People that grew up in Martha's vineyard.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Only if they copied the movies. Stewie in the Family Guy speaks in a Mid-Atlantic accent which is why he pronounces his H's etc.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've always preferred calling it "trans-atlantic" to avoid confusion with that "Mid-Atlantic Region" of the US which is on the East Coast roughly from New Jersey down to Virginia, maybe even the very northern Coastal parts of North Carolina. Some people include New York/NYC but I can't agree. Ok, maybe parts of New York bordering Pennsylvania.

[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

That's definitely where my mind goes.

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