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writings that he perfectly fit the stereotype that blacks were savages incapable of becoming civilized. led several Central American slave insurrections before his death. was popular with Europeans for telling them that their culture was far superior to that of Africans like himself. was one of the few children of African-American and Native American descent ever to be the chief of his Indian tribe. E.wrote the eighteenth century s most widely read account by a slave of
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The American revolution started as a result of British taxation on the American Colonies. The colonist being taxed without representation in the British Parliament made them mad. The molasses act‚ sugar act‚ and stamp act exemplify the Colonist were on the eve of a revolution due to the taxes the British imposed on them. The Molasses act was a law passed in 1733 the taxed the Colonist trade with the French West Indies. The British didn’t want the Colonist trading with anyone except the British. The
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Slavery was a very important institution in the British North American Colonies within the years 1607 and 1750. It wormed it way into every aspect of the British North American Colonies‚ into the social structure‚ into the economy‚ it even found its way into the politics of the time. Slavery was like a disease to the colonies‚ infecting every single cell in the body of the culture. The social structure of the thirteen colonies was altered by an addition to the existing divide between the rich landowners
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Few linguists have endeavored to clearly define what constitutes slang. Attempting to remedy this‚ Bethany K. Dumas and Jonathan Lighter argue that an expression should be considered "true slang" if it meets at least two of the following criteria. It lowers‚ if temporarily‚ "the dignity of formal or serious speech or writing"; in other words‚ it is likely to be considered in those contexts a "glaring misuse of register." Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever
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Imagine being asked “Hey man‚ do you own a shotty?” Naturally a person’s first response will be “What is a shotty?” A shotty0 is slang for a gun. Slang words are very common‚ and sometimes describe the object or person perfectly. Money‚ drugs‚ cars‚ etc. are a few things that have slang words. One object in particular that obtains a few slang words is a gun. Some slang words for a gun are Nine‚ Burner‚ Chopper‚ Gat‚ Heater‚ Mac‚ Piece‚ Strap‚ Glockie‚ Zootie‚ Thang‚ Nina‚ Shotty‚ Pump‚ Clappa‚ &
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using slang or incorrect words (“BBC”). Slang is defined as incorrect ways of using words. Schools have banned students from using slang in the classroom so they can better prepare themselves for future careers (“The Independent”). “Slang is lazy and makes people that use it look ignorant” says Alexis Acquire (”Students”). There are times when slang isn’t acceptable and slang is one of them. You should always think about when and where you are when you say something. Schools should ban slang so that
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territory that the British controlled was India where it was first under control of the British East India Company and then Parliament with the Raj‚ and they also had Malaya‚ the French had French Indochina that consisted of Laos and Cambodia‚ the Netherlands had the Dutch East Indies including Java‚ New Guinea‚ and Sumatra‚ Russia had influence over outer Mongolia‚ and the United States had influence in Japan and control over the Philippines‚ gained from the Spanish-American War. 8. The Europeans
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ENGLISH SLANG/IDIOMS SLANG: Nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture. In other words‚ slang is typically a nonstandard word‚ not a phrase as is an idiom. Slang would include words like pooped‚ to down a drink‚ boob-tube‚ threads‚ bonkers‚ basket case‚ to name a few. Slang words may or may not have alternative literal meanings. They may be "made up" words. IDIOM: A phrase that is commonly understood in a given culture or subculture to have a meaning different
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF KAZAKHSTAN EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY AFTER GUMILYOV L.N. FOREIGN PHILOLOGY DEPARTMENT ESSAY “The role of slang in our lives” Ogureyeva Inna F.Ph.-32(a) 0502100 Foreign Philology ASTANA 2012 Introduction Language propels everyday life and keeps us in touch with one another. Through many historical reviews we have increasing our knowledge about the ways of using this language – telegrams‚ post‚ telephone‚
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