I've been settling into the grind of enumerating for the census these last two days. August heat increasing every day too. Lost four pounds - all water, I'm sure! First day in Oak Park; second day in Curtis Park.
I was hoping for interesting stories to tell, but most of the conversations have been sincere and a bit awkward. It's an interesting way to meet your neighbors, though.
The most intriguing to me (so far) was listening to one respondent (a black Californian born in 1993) and hearing my nephew (a white New Mexican born in 1991). It was something about cadence and breath control. Slang tracks age cohorts, but do accents? Even across distances? Food for thought!
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