Opinion | Harris Gonna Code Switch - The New York Times - 0 views
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language is about reaching into another mind. It’s about connecting.
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Code-switching is one of the ways that humans use language to connect. Using the colloquial dialect of a language serves the same function as drinking or getting a mani-pedi together. It says, “We’re all the same.” It is especially natural, and common, when seeking connection about folksier things or summoning a note of cutting through the nonsense and getting to the heart of things in a “Let’s face it” way.
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This is why many of us readily say “Ain’t gonna happen” even if we aren’t given to saying “ain’t” regularly.
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