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== [[Real Life]] ==
* "[https://getpocket.com/explore/item/what-makes-us-subconsciously-mimic-the-accents-of-others-in-conversation?utm_source=pocket-newtab What Makes Us Subconsciously Mimic the Accents of Others in Conversation]" by Lacey Wade describes a phenomenon that linguists call "linguistic convergence" in which people mirror each others' pronunciation, grammar, or word choice quirks.
* According to Robert Llewellyn's account of playing Kryten in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', during season 4, Craig Charles ended every sentence with "la". By season 5 everyone was doing it, but Charles had stopped. "Obviously, saying 'la' had become passe".
** Interestingly, ''lah'' is appended to a sentence in Singaporean English for emphasis or reassurance.
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