| > Your understanding of how formality levels in English function is perhaps not entirely complete: native speakers of English convey usually convey It's kind of hilarious that you assume I'm not a native English speaker because I speak more languages... I'm a native English speaker who just happens to have grown up with 2 other languages and have a wife that speaks 4+ languages. On top of that I've taken a bunch of university level English courses. Yes, I'm aware that people shorten sentences into statements when speaking to those they're familiar with. I do it as well. Here's a thought experiment: - If a toddler speaks in short statements it's "baby talk" - If an immigrant speaks in short statements it's "broken English" - If a native speaker speaks in short statements it's vernacular or slang Or: - If a toddler makes up words it's "baby talk" - If an immigrant makes up words they're uneducated - If a native speaker makes up words it's a dialect |