Today’s urban society plays a great part in the youth’s speech. Growing up in the 90’s which was the major Hip Hop era, heavily influenced the way I talk. Watching rap music videos and listening to a particular music also influences my speech since I was young. It’s not like I sat there and studied the slang words or even the urban jargon. It just attached due my peers and the music that I was interested in. Most people that listen to a certain genre of music tend to use the words of the music that they listen too. It’s not statistically proven it’s somewhat of a stereotype that most would agree that is true. When it comes to your peers, you tend to speak a certain way with them due to the comfort level. Usually that pertains to however your friends speak while you’re around each other, because once you get around your family or parents you begin to censor your words. Once I get into a professional setting my tone and jargon switches, most of the time it’s not even intentional. So if i grew up on a different genre, i definitely would have a different vocabulary around my friends, maybe even a different set of friends.
I like how malcolm's blog compared urban dialect to music. He descrebe how music influenced his speech, friend, and over all lifestyle. I really can relate to his blog and i overall enjoyed it. It was very intellectual and informative.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you about the comfort level. When I'm with my friends we can get pretty loud with the way that we speak as well as with the words we use, though we tend to use proper grammar. Save for my buddy Kearn, he quotes Ke$ha a lot so his grammar isn't the best.
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