Do Words Matter? Words are very powerful‚ and sometimes the words we use offend people. Freedom of speech is highly valued but what happens when your freedom becomes hurtful or disrespectful to someone else? There are so many different kinds of people and different things that offend each person. In this day where we are more inclined to say whatever we want‚ we see more and more offense being taken to the words that get said. It’s hard to understand why certain words can be insulting to someone
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The word nigga comes from the Latin word niger which simply means black. The word niger was then changed to negro and integrated into two other languages‚ Spanish which kept the pure meaning of the word as “black”‚ and English which perverted the meaning into “black person”. However‚ by about the 1800s most white Americans had adopted the word as a derogatory racial slur to describe black African American slaves and yet again changed it into a new form of the word. They transformed the word negro
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Great Again” hat‚ rapping about the double standards of the “n” word. With words‚ they can have so much meaning behind. Where the word originated from‚ how the meaning can depend on the context it is used in‚ to who can say the word and how it has changed over time. Alongside that‚ the "n" word has so many layers to it. Going back to how it first came about to how it completely changed with time. The “n”word originated from the Latin word niger‚ which means black. Niger then turned into a noun‚ Negro
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Hate is a very strong word. So it feels a little awkward to say that I hate a particular person. But there are certain types of people who are easy to hate. For me‚ such people include hypocrites‚ people who abuse women and children‚ people who gossip and backbite‚ and people who are greedy. I also hate most politicians. One finds hypocrites everywhere who preach one thing and practice another. They will lecture you about morals and good behavior but on the sly they will do the very things they
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types of indirect tests. They can be grouped in three categories: visual word priming‚ auditory word priming‚ and visual object priming. Stem completion‚ fragment completion‚ word identification and lexical decision paradigms have been used to investigate visual word priming. In word stem completion task‚ participants are given the first letters of the critical word (e.g. let__) and are asked to complete the stem with the first word that comes to mind (e.g. lettuce). Participants who are using their
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Gabriella Garcia Medina‚ Spoken word poet To hear such powerful words in such a strong voice come from the tiny body was absolutely amazing. Today‚ I had the pleasure of being part of the audience to which Gabriela Garcia Medina delivered several of her lengthy‚ yet heartfelt poems. When you first see Gabriela‚ you would never think that inside the small body lies such power and self-confidence. She captivates her audience‚ makes them laugh‚ cry and think from deep within themselves and in the
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Words are powerless when looked at individually but they have the potential for good or evil‚ when someone who can properly use them to his or her advantage. That is what Nathaniel Hawthorne quote means‚ and I fully agree with him. An example of words being used for evil could be a dictator trying to convince his people that he is best for the country. An example of words being used for good could be a civil rights activist trying to persuade people to get along and to treat everyone with respect
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Naylor’s Essay “The Meanings of a Word” and Christine Leong’s “Being a Chink‚” both authors‚ whom are women of color‚ address the power behind words and their definitions. While acknowledging that words can be both empowering and positive‚ both Naylor and Leong address that words can be used in negative ways and easily manipulated. Words have the power to express an individual’s feelings and thoughts to one another‚ whether positive or negative. Alongside this‚ words can be used as labels. Labels that
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Nazi’s are able to use this power to control where people go‚ how they live‚ and to affect their freedom. Conversely‚ the power that words give Liesel and Max goes much deeper than physical control and instead focuses on the broader and more powerful ability and impact of free thought. While the Nazi’s may be able to control them physically‚ Max and Liesel’s thoughts and words remain their own and give them a power and freedom over which the Nazi’s have no control. With that power they are able to subvert
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what constitutes a "word" involves determining where one word ends and another word begins—in other words‚ identifying word boundaries. There are several ways to determine where the word boundaries of spoken language should be placed: Potential pause: A speaker is told to repeat a given sentence slowly‚ allowing for pauses. The speaker will tend to insert pauses at the word boundaries. However‚ this method is not foolproof: the speaker could easily break up polysyllabic words‚ or fail to separate
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