Title. I’m a pure-bred west coast city boy, growing up in Anchorage Alaska. I grew up with an absolutely west coast accent. Anchorage’s accent is very similar to the northern Californian/san Fernando valley accent mixed with a southwestern canadian accent. However, after 2 relationships with people I was seriously into in Chicago, I noticed I was saying some words progressively differently. Words like mom turned into “mahm” and on turned into “ahn.” not turned into “naht,” etc. 

I’ve never stopped pronouncing these this way. For instance, before this, my “on” used to sound like “awe-n.” my o’s went from “oh” to “ah” just because of two relationships with FPs. It wasn’t intentional, it just happened. I speak the same except for the way i pronounce o’s. I have no plans to fall back on the way i used to speak because that’s just a lot of effort, but it is strange to me. 

I’ve also noticed that I take on the speaking patterns and mannerisms of a specific FP. It doesn’t matter if I am in a romantic relationship with them so long as their my FP. It is very strange and I really hope I’m not alone in this lmao

I’d love to hear if this is a thing that happens :) Stay safe, I love you all 💖💖