Gabriel and English
English is a West Germanic language belonging to the Indo-European language family. It originated on the island of Great Britain, and was named after the Angles, a Germanic tribe which migrated to the island in late Antiquity. Due to the influences of the now-defunct British Empire, and later United States of America, English has become the world's lingua-franca. It has almost 400 million native speakers, with over a billion speaking English as a secondary language or as a language for commerce, business and other enterprises[1]. To Gabriel, English is his native language, as is expected with him being an Anglo-American in a predominantly white community in suburban Idaho. However, his way of speaking it is peculiar to anyone with a solid grasp on the language, and even outright perplexes native speakers who aren't chronically online. He also has a lisp, which while is not inherently detrimental, owes to him mispronouncing 's' if it's preceded by a consonant in a word.
Pronunciation
Gabriel has a broad American 'non-accent' to his English. Owing to both his environment and his lisp, he often leaves out t's at the ends of words, and when saying a word ending in 'y' (like 'hey'), he'll often add a 'yah' to the end of it for emphasis and out of habit. Owing to his location, he has a slight Pacific Northwest twang to his speech when trying to come off as formal, or is excited when he speaks (like during a haul reveal, for example).
Vocabulary
Gabriel, like most others, often says 'uh', 'erm' and other such articles when trying to continue a sentence, but is still thinking of something to say. Born in 2004, Gabriel is a definite zoomer, and it shows in extra vocabulary from online culture that he incorporates into the way he speaks (as well as in the childish way he speaks). When he's angry, he'll often say multiple expletives at once, repeating 'fuck' over and over again (and occasionally blurting out 'cocksucker' for good measure). When typing, he'll incorporate words like 'bro' or other nouns, likely out of habit, but also perhaps under habit.
