Late-bloomer

Although we weren't able to get to this in the class discussion. I still crave your comments. El article de Brown me impactó bastante. I feel like pronouncing nosotros and asina with the unique /s/ reduction that is so characteristic of these high frequent lexical items. If I did this, would it be a form of emblematic pronunciation, in reference to the parallel term “emblematic Spanish”? Quiero decir, no me críe hablando español, ni aprendí a hablar con un acento nuevo mexicano. Sin embargo, ahora que puedo hablar en español, platico con mis abuelos y con mi tío. Mientras más hablo con ellos, más me doy cuenta de que sí hablan al estilo nuevomexicano descrito por Brown. I know that some of you have mentioned that it could be offensive trying to imitate the dialect of a particular group, but would it be offensive for me to try and imitate the dialect of my own family members? I feel like I'm starting to pick up certain traits a bit late, pero mas vale tarde que nunca, que no.