It is the one defect in an otherwise excellent innovation in amateur radio. In pre-novice days an amateur launched forth in the main stream and in very short order lost his beginner's accent and was taken for a native. Now, on the other hand, most beginners start out on 80 or 40 meters confined, by novice status, to band segments populated almost entirely by other novices. They are the isolated linguistic group mentioned above. People speak a language with the same accent as those with whom they live and work.
New hams pick up habits and operating procedures of the gang they chew the fat with.
It is increasingly easy to pick out a new General Class operator on c.w. bands. His speed may be up to par and he may have an excellent fist, but his procedure is apt to be rather odd. He has difficulty in understanding just what is going on and his transmissions can be very confusing to the general run of amateurs. Standard ham operating procedure has been established by years of usage. In many cases it is established because it is the most efficient or intelligent way of doing it.