In the article titled‚ “One Word‚ Two Words‚ Pink Words‚ Blue Words” by Debuk‚ the concept of gendered language is addressed. The article discusses the gender-marked patterns in language used everyday‚ the consequences that result from these patterns‚ and proposes a solution for these consequences. While the ideas proclaimed in the article are sound‚ there are some issues one could bring up in regards to whether or not the suggested solution would merely reinforce the problem‚ a fact that the author
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The History of a word | The N-word | Martin Coyle Greg Doyle Cultural Studies
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Kiana Aguon Professor Tiedemann English 114 01 October 2012 Survival is the act of surviving; to endure or live through an affliction‚ adversity‚ misery‚ etc. The word survives is of the Latin origin from the word Supervīvere super- (over‚ beyond) and –vīvere (to live). The phrase survival of the fittest was used in the seventeenth century to replace Darwin’s term natural selection‚ “to kill or be killed”. Although the term survival has various meanings‚ in reference to Suzanne Collins’ The
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Words and Writings Recently‚ I have been reading a magazine called “Forum”‚ which is published our school. It contains varied categories in a tiny book‚ for instance‚ there is artwork‚ poetries‚ function and nonfiction……you name it. I am amazed by two poems‚ “Rhythm of the word” and ”word”. They are both about one object‚ word. Authors stand in different distances and angles to talk about it and that stimulate my understandings‚ interests and usages of words. It is a please to share them with
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face; growing wider with every passing second. Every second she could have spent in an elegant field‚ far away from the inferno she is now trapped in. Gusts of air‚ carousels of agony‚ carry nothing but hate and pain. The piercing wind shrieks the word‚ an octave louder and louder than the last. "Betrayal!" The daunting hour comes closer as her body grows weak. Although her fate is inevitable‚ the fire in her eyes has not left her obsolete. Burning against the crowd’s rage ever so brightly‚ challenging
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written word inferior to the spoken‚ and much of the frustration experienced by novelists is the awareness that whatever we manage to capture in even the most transcendent passages falls far short of the richness of life. Dialogue achieves its power in the dynamics of a fleeting moment of sight‚ sound‚ smell and touch." -excerpt taken from Gloria Naylor’s ’The Meanings of a Word’. Words The first sentence of this excerpt can have several interpretations‚ depending on which synonym of the word ’language’
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Learn and understand Learn and understand are two different kinds of words‚ but their meaning can be similar. Thinking that the dictionary may help us to understand the meaning of these two words‚ we have to realize that a closer examination is needed. The definition of the word “learn” given by the dictionary is: “to gain knowledge of a subject or skill‚ by experience‚ by studying it or by being taught”. The word “understand” is defined: “to know the meaning of what someone is telling you
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so I got curious about it. I was curious why they would say that so I asked somebody what do they mean and there answer was that I smell like sunshine‚ palm trees‚ freedom and he also came to mention I smelled like the Fiji islands‚ to me all those words were compliments and made me happy. As I began my day I drove myself down to the mall to meet one of my close friends for the day that I haven’t seen in years so today was the day. While I was sitting on one of the benches in one of the
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main part of the beret‚ it inserts into the front of the beret and sits above the left eye only. It’s a gold colour and it’s made out of metal in the shape of a leaf‚ with a crown above the Thomas 2 word "RCAC" meaning Royal Canadian Army Cadets. Under the leaf there is a banner with two words saying "ACER ACERPORI" meaning as the maple‚ so the sapling. My berets mean so much to me‚ they are a component to my uniforms. Even though they are just a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool
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MY MOTHER There is a quote that says: “Mothers are angels who teach their kids to fly”. I truly think that mothers are angels. Although‚ I always thought that mothers were sent to this world to be mean with their kid specially in their adolescent years when we would rather go to a party with our friends instead of cleaning our rooms or reading books. Despite that mothers are known for being ’’super women.’’ What makes a mother so special? When I was little I remember that she used to play with
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