Is That How You Say It?

People use diction in every day situations, and many don’t even notice the slight change. When we talk to our friends the informality we use give the conversation its comfort level, showing you both as equals and that your conversation may be very relaxed. As a person moves through their day, a conversation with authoritative figure might happen, compelling that person to use formal language. Diction can also be different for different classes of people, as with any country or community there are all walks of life involved. Listening to a person who is in a position of power like the prim mister of Canada, and comparing that to a random person on the street will show how diction can vary from not only place to place but also from class to class. A person who is in drama might have to study many different diction types for a specific role. For example, if a person where playing Edgar Allen Poe in a dramatization of his life, one might need to know where he was living and who his friends were in order to get the right diction. Also I have found this change to happen when switching from topic to topic amongst friends. If we ran across a very political or high profile issues, the language used became very formal and the use of topic specific language was used. So the next time you go through you day just take a second to listen to all the different diction types going on all around you.