You Just Don ’t Understand by Deborah Tannen‚ Ph.D. William Morrow and Company‚ 1990 Reviewed by Laura Morrison That men and women are on different wavelengths when it comes to communicating is probably not news to you. However‚ "Can We Talk?" the cover story of the December issue of New Age Journal‚ provides some excellent new perspectives on this age-old problem. The author‚ Peggy Taylor‚ interviewed sociolinguist Deborah Tannen‚ who has written a book called You Just Don ’t Understand: Women
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You are what you say The essay‚ " you are what you say " is written by Robin Lakoff‚ a Professor of Linguistics at University of California. She has explicated her view on how English language has functioned to revile and debase women‚ why women are thought to be juvenile‚ dependent and frivolous species. Certain views which makes fair sex less thriving than men. The subject is of great interest as it illustrates that women only say what they mean‚ but what they say is inferred by men in a pejorative
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ask what year it is. When someone answer‚ yell “It worked!” and run out cheering”. This is a popular joke about time machine I’ve read in a funny website. It can’t be denied that for people who enjoy imagining crazy things like me‚ the idea of “being capable of travel purposefully and selectively through time” sounds exceedingly marvelous and tempting. I’m so excited at the prospect of being able to travel through time that I find myself wondering hazily whether I should go back to the past or to
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Cultural diversity is seen everyday in our society in the United States. As defined‚ the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society. When it comes to public speaking and cultural diversity‚ you make think how these two connect. They actually go hand in hand in becoming a well rounded public speaker. In our world today‚ there are over six thousand languages that are spoken in our world. To narrow it down‚ in the United States today there are over three hundred languages spoken
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It can be fascinating how when you look at someone’s receipts‚ you can what kind of person they are. My own receipts over the past few months‚ for example‚ can show a lot about who I am and what I like to do. Listed with different titles of many movies and how much I paid for them‚ once can clearly realize through these paper strips that I have been a very serious movie watcher of action movies‚ movies in which the good guy is the hero. When I was in Saudi Arabia‚ during my teen years‚ I use to
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Monkey Do” and “You Are What You Eat” came from? Although they may sound funny‚ there is truth in both of these statements. When children watch TV‚ do they pay attention to how each gender is being illustrated? Growing up‚ children watched Batman and Scooby-Doo. Children imitated what they saw on TV. Little boys tied bath towels around their necks trying to save helpless girls‚ and little girls played with dresses and makeup like Daphne. These shows start the grooming process to what is acceptable
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upon what we put into our bodies and the sustenance gained from doing so. While it is true that food plays a very vital role in maintaining proper health as well as preventing/curing diseases‚ for some‚ food can also be used to fill emotional voids. Other people are forced into specific dietary restrictions based on auto-immune intolerances‚ or other health-related problems‚ while others may simply choose not to eat certain food products based on their moral or religious beliefs. Whichever way you
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If your mental image of an older person is someone frail and thin‚ it may be time for an update. For the generation currently moving through middle age and beyond‚ a new concern is‚ well‚ growing: obesity. Government figures show that Americans in their 60s today are about 10 pounds heavier than their counterparts of just a decade ago. And an even more worrisome bulge is coming: A typical woman in her 40s now weighs 168 pounds‚ versus 143 pounds in the 1960s. "People used to start midlife [at a lower
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What Obstacles have you overcome in pursuing your act? One of the biggest ones was getting married and having 2 kids at a very young age. I would never regret my kids but at 22years old having 2 kids puts a lot of weight on pursuing my dreams to become a singer/song writer because I couldn’t focus on just me anymore. I had to put my kids and husband first and that was hard for me and is still a big factor on the decisions I make for my music. Please describe a major event that has affected your
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“Do what you can‚ with what you have‚ where you are‚” is a quote by Theodore Roosevelt. On October 27‚ 1858‚ a huge United States influence was born. Not only a leader‚ protector‚ vice president‚ governor‚ but a United States President. “Teedie” Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in New York City‚ New York. He was born to the parents‚ Martha Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt. Martha worked as Socialite and Theodore as a Philanthropist. As young child‚ Teddy was very unhealthy‚ however‚ in teenage
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