People tend to pick up accents easily because our brains are wired to mimic and adapt to the speech patterns of those around us. This is a natural part of human communication and social interaction.
Perception insensitivity is like trying to taste a dish with a numb tongue - you may miss subtle flavors or details that others can pick up on easily.
Learned behaviors are picked up through observing the behaviors of others. Different people pick them up differently because as individuals, we have our own perceptions, personalities, outlooks toward the behaviors we observe, and reactions to those behaviors. For example, children growing up in an abusive family might become abusive while their siblings might not.
I assume that you mean picking up on the phone, in that case if they are intoxicated then they may not realize you are calling them in the first place, or that since they are drunk they may be sleeping it off. Dontworry for a day or so, try calling them when they are sober.
Research has shown that humans can pick up a smile from about 300 feet away. This is due to the human brain's ability to quickly process facial expressions, including smiles, even from a distance.
Dreams fade quickly after we wake up because they are stored in short-term memory, which is easily forgotten. As we transition from sleep to wakefulness, our brain prioritizes processing new information and tasks, causing the dream memories to fade rapidly.
I read in a book on the English language that southern accents are an off-shoot of African accents. When the slave owners kids would play with the slaves kids they would pick up their African accents. This eventually evolved into the southern accents that you uhear today.
If you stayed for just a year in Ireland, you would be unlikely to pick up an Irish accent. You might pick up a slight amount, but if your original accent would still be the predominant one. Many people come to Ireland to live and still have their original accents many years later. Some people do pick accents quicker than others, so that would be another factor.
The accent a child develops will likely be influenced by both parents' accents, as well as the region where the child grows up and the community they interact with. Children often pick up a blend of their parents' accents or may develop a unique accent of their own.
Positive objects.
I don't think so. Either you pick all of them up, or you pick none of them up.
You pick up bird flu from bird faeces, so it is unlikely to go from person to person.
Nothing happens. People all over the world have different accents. You may pick one up, but usually you have the accent from the region where you live. I have the ability to acquire an accent when I am talking to someone. They often think I am from their country.
In being that most dogs usually weigh around 28 lbs most people can pick them up quite easily.
These are electrically positive objects.
In this economy, they can no longer easily jail someone for this, so they may not period until the economy picks up.
that isn't the reason coins have ridges, the reason is because they help blind people distinguish their coins. So nickles not having ridges does not affect how easily you can pick them up. Because the human finger has ridges. (The thumbprints tell it)!
It may be easier to pick up a British accent because of its prevalence in media and pop culture. Regular exposure to British accents through movies, TV shows, and music can make it easier to imitate and internalize the pronunciation and intonation patterns. Additionally, the British accent may sound familiar to many English speakers, making it easier to mimic compared to other accents.