This is the kind of sentiment I have when a question is asked on “do Japanese people talk like anime characters in real life?” And the straight answer is no. Is it the same with “do Americans talk like in Netflix” or is that a load of garbage? It happens with some people thinking anime speak is how Japanese people interact but in the end they appear stupid as no one talks like that IRL. Now, is the manner of speaking from US Dramas or TV representative of a real life conversation?
As in an “American equivalent” to the “anime voice” type thing? Um no… Not that I’m aware of except maybe cartoons do that.
Or do you mean like the overall speech including word choices and how sentences gets put together? I think TV is just way too polished. Irl is more like a police bodycam footage, or a random street interview thats unscripted (i mean even those street interview youtube videos are kinda overedited/polished compared to off camera conversations).
I mean as in lots of filler words and awkward silences. Lots of: “um…” “so…” “like…” wait…" “you know…”
Lots of colliqualism you dont really see on TV.
(btw I type exactly like how I would speak irl)
But on the other hand, idk if all the Breaking Bad type of “talking like a gangster” thing even is real either cuz I never been in those circles but when i was in K-12, like in highschool, I overhear lots of those “yo” “whatup” “fam” “dude” “bruh” a lot between classmates, and these are the most “gangster” looking kids (I mean as in they are the disruptive ones in class) so maybe the “yo” thing is actually what gang members use, or maybe its to show that they dont use formal speech and use heavy colloqualism to imply that “these people dont have college education”.
So yeah police bodycam footage (theres lots of those from the US due to Freedom of Information Act) captures lots of those IRL moments of awkwardness, even without a stressful factor like being in proximity of a cop, lots of those awkwardness really does happen with average conversations.
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That and sharing are probably the biggest differences. Most people (and scripwriters) tend to “tame down” their language when on camera. They will shift more towards “standard” English (or what they perceive as standard), and use less colorful language.