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    Throughout our lives we communicate to a vast array of people on a daily basis from teachers to friends to family. Each time we speak to these individuals there tends to be a different “slang” that is used with each yet at the same time still portraying the same message. In groups of different cultures they have a similar voice through language. Even though the languages they speak are different the meanings can be the same. Through this everyone has the ability to show love‚ anger‚ sadness‚ and

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    term homos). Gay language is not something that is new to modern times. In 18th century in London queer or gay slang was a modification of thieves’ cant and prostitute slang (Norton 1992). The most striking feature of the eighteenth-century ‘Female Dialect’ was that gay men christened one another with ‘Maiden Names’: Madam Blackwell‚ Miss Kitten‚ Miss Fanny Knight‚ Miss Irons‚ Moll Irons etc. During this time gay language is also known

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    within a country creates a big gap between people from different regions. How can the residents of a country stand united in better or worse if within the same country the residents cannot even agree upon speaking one language in one particular dialect? Having one official language is like a bridge way between people from different nations‚ colors‚ ethnicities‚ and it tells that in spite of all the difference that there is among these people one thing is really common among them: The way they speak

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    slaving vessels. Most black slaves remained in the Southern states. The South was an important place for the African-American literature because the South was served as the site of

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    first obstacle. The pronunciation in English puzzles me a lot because the same letter has different sounds. For example the letter “a” in “bath” is not pronounced in the same way of that in “bathe”. The “ou” in “South” is also different from “ou” in “Southern”. Generally verbs and nouns are pronounced differently although they are written the same. Record is a good example to illustrate it. In order to solve this puzzling question I carefully study The A.P.A (The International Phonetic Alphabets) which

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    even developed a special female culture revolving around romance novels and magazines featuring shopping‚ homemaking‚ and domestic concerns of the modern housewife. Though Southern culture had a much similar feel to its Northern counterpart‚ many differences had been carved through strict tradition and upbringing. Southern plantations‚ for various crops‚ were littered throughout the lower states. With more responsibility‚ and fewer economic

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    Article Critique The Southern Roots of Ida B Wells-Barnett’s Revolutionary Activism By Rychetta N. Watkins Before Ida B Wells-Barnett expanded her revolutionary essence to the north‚ and even all the way to places like Britain; she began her long journey to activism deep in the heart of her southern roots‚ in Memphis. In the article‚ The Southern Roots of Ida B Wells-Barnett’s Revolutionary Activism‚ by Rychetta N. Watkins‚ Watkins reconstructs Ida B Wells’ life of activism‚ feminism‚ and leadership

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    showed that these ideas were infused into her writing are the use of race and racism‚ rural Southern black dialect‚ and her views on religion and God. Race and racism showed how Jodie struggled with both racial and female prejudice. The interesting use of language put not only experience with rural Southern black dialect on display but also how the

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    Role of Southern Children and Women in American Civil War The American civil war which is widely known in the united states as the civil war was fought between the year 1861 to 1875 .it was a war between the confederates who were mainly seven states supporting the idea of slavery. The southern was made up of the seven states formed a coalition called the conferades states of America and were supporting slave trade. The conferades fought against the north union which were opposed to the slavery. The

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    LIST OF BRITISH WORDS NOT WIDELY USED IN THE UNITED STATES A abseil to descend on a rope (US: rappel). From German abseilen. accountancy calculating and tracking financial matters (US: accounting). In the UK accounting is explaining oneself or one’s actions ("to give an account" or "accountability" in the U.S.A.)‚ accountancy is the profession. Action Man A toy similar to G.I. Joe. adder viper‚ a species of venomous snake advert advertisement (US and UK also: ad‚ commercial (on TV))

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