The difference is not extreme and is typical of normal human beings. Our speech patterns tend to emulate the people we are talking to at the moment.
I know it happened to me. As a kid living in Tennessee I'd visit Mom's family in Ohio and my step-dad's family in Alabama. My accent would shift accordingly and it wasn't something I was trying to do-- I'd just notice it now & then. Likewise, I'd talk a little differently when I was with my college friends than I did with my redneck buddies I grew up with.
It seems to me that people are having a hard time coming up with things to criticize Harris and Walz for and now they are grasping at straws.
Yep. Curiouser and curiouser (for want of a better word).
I didn't notice a thing watching the video above until I saw more news on this.
I live in Ohio and worked in Kentucky for years. There is a progression of speech that one will pick up if they move (or work) over the Mason-Dixon line.
First is "biggol", as in, "That's a biggol pickup truck over there."
Second is (of course) "y'all". Everyone says, "you all", but it morphs into "y'all" over time.
Third, this one took me years but I eventually picked it up, is "fixin' to". Yup, after a few years working over the river I was actually saying, "fixin' to".
"I'm fixin' to get started on those parts in a minute."
It's not purposeful, as a matter of fact I resisted it. But, you will eventually pick up the speech patterns of those you are with. It's just more friendly and "comfortable". And I always retained the ability to go back to business English, often going back and forth numerous times within a single day.
Retired for some years now, I'm back to the Ohio drawl as opposed to the Kentucky twang. I lived in New England twice for a number of years each time, don't even get me started on that (it's wicked pissah)
It kind of sounds southern sometimes.