Language is often a reflection of the culture that shapes it, impacting tone, idioms, dialects and even silence across regions.
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Ryan Kolln,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.
That’s for sure when people speak patois, a vernacular version of English that’s based on a culture’s intonation.
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Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
Real Miami-Dade officers, often occupying background roles, interacted in character during those stretches as well, sustaining the casual banter and shared patois of a working unit.
Expect classics from the American songbook, wily new interpretations of contemporary pop songs, Broadway standards and lots of sweet between-song patter.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
Chapin, the mechanic on the Shawmut crew, was a wiry 6-footer with a winking sense of humor and a penchant for machine-shop patter peppered with gleeful profanity, a likable 26-year-old who’d been a reliable factory hand and test driver before the fire.
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