#hyperarticulation

Real things people have said to me: "It sounds like you're an American who grew up at an embassy in Europe or something. / Is that a Canadian dialect? / Are you from one of those little islands off the coast of New England...? / It's gotta be one of the Commonwealth countries, right?" (It's currently *mostly* hyperarticulation to compensate for the brain damage.) (For the record, I don't really mind. I have a linguistics background & a front-row seat to witness a very interesting catastrophe.)