The Kardashians got Kanye speaking like a 30 year old white man

[jilla82]

Come on man, I can change my tone NOT my accent. If I'm from NYC, I don't start talking like I'm from cali when I'm around people like you just because you come from there. I might say buster or something but, I won't change my whole way of sounding. Kanye is doing what people do who have some type of mental issue, I've seen it before. I'm not dissing him but, it's something I noticed.

If he was younger I may say it's his surroundings since your brain is still forming but, he just started doing this, which makes me think something is wrong. I think he is just emulating people who he gives honor to, he is just doing it a little too much.

its called Mirroring....everybody does it, including you

Mirroring is the behaviour in which one person copies another person usually while in social interaction with them. It may include miming gestures, movements, body language, muscle tensions, expressions, tones, eye movements, breathing, tempo, accent, attitude, choice of words or metaphors, and other aspects of communication. It is often observed among couples or close friends.

Mirroring is common in conversation. The listeners will typically smile or frown along with the speaker. If one person throws in sports metaphors, the other will likely parry along similar ideas. Since people usually accept their mirror image with ease, mirroring the person with whom one is speaking generally makes them feel more relaxed and encourages them to open up.

Within the area of self psychology, being mirrored refers "to all the transactions characterizing the mother–child relationship, including not only the reflections of grandiosity, but also constancy, nurturance, a general empathy and respect" (Kohut, 1977, pp. 146–147).[1] The parents' mirroring responses influence the development and maintenance of self-esteem and self-assertive ambitions. Their response will mirror back to the child a sense of worth, which in turn creates an internal self-respect.[1]

 

[NvrCMyNut]

we all got a 'white voice' too. & you can hear this feminine kanye when he raps which is why i can't stand him on the mic no more, only difference is when he raps he sounds like a neck rolling a black female as opposed to a white ones

 

[NvrCMyNut]

double post

 

[bouncy]

wat.

how many people on TV do you know sound southern unless that's the role they are playing? I've lived in LA (hollywood) my whole life, there's no way you're making it in the biz unless you switch up. You cant go on TV sounding like you straight from the swamps of Mississippi barefoot with a banjo. Nor can you network with that accent, it just doesnt work. You learn to adapt to get ahead socially, and changing up your accent to blend in is very very common.

when Im in england, esp larger social ]settings, I find myself SUBCONSCIOUSLY hiding my accent. Its just what humans do, we are very very adaptable creatures. The more I talk and the more I notice they pause to listen to me, the more I get more insecure and start to hide my american accent (of course they can still tell im american, its subconscious so theres slips and gaps every where), this is what happens to folks when they come to LA. This happens to everyone. Europeans like germans and north europeans are real good at it when they come to America.

He never switched his accent up with the ROC because chicago and tri-state arent really THAT far apart, some places dont have a night and day, I mean what is an arizona accent? colorado accent? washington accent? they are HOURS away from cali, but I couldnt point them out if they came over.

Again, there is a difference from having one accent and talking like the total opposite. I don't hide nothing about myself. I might not have an extreme accent but, it's enough to tell where I'm from. You don't get this so we can agree to disagree. Like I stated Kanye made it, he can do what he wants, and even if he did have to change up, there is a difference between being neutral in accent, and sounding like someone else totally.

Also, Chicago sounds nothing like the tri-state specifically NYC, especially when he was with the ROC. NYC has it's accent, and chicago is more of a southern sound with blacks, while whites have a very high nasal tone. They also pronounce their words in a weird way. Kanye kept his accent when he was with them. I think because he wasn't stressed so he didn't feel the need to change.

@jilla82, I know what mirroring is, and yes people do it, but in this case it is an extreme which makes me think something is wrong with kanye mentally. I know all about mirror neurons, and such, it's why you like porn but, that doesn't explain WHY this is happening, it's just explaining what is happening. Everyone doesn't mirror another person just because they see them doing something, they only do it for specific reasons. When they change up totally, there is something very stressful that has happened to them, and this is there way of coping with it.

BTW, this is from your post on mirroring:
"The parents' mirroring responses influence the development and maintenance of self-esteem and self-assertive ambitions. Their response will mirror back to the child a sense of worth, which in turn creates an internal self-respect.[1]"

That sounds like what I stated in my previous post as to why kanye is sounding like this. Hint, STRESS.

Anyway, that is my view of what is going on with kanye. He has mental issues. Again, this is not to down kanye, but something is wrong, hopefully he fixes it.

 

[Zabi]

Sounds like a faq to me.