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Adam Fiore ENG 102
Scott Gibson 2/24/13
In BarbaraMellix’s article From Outside, In, shedescribes how she grew up speaking two different languages: Black-English andStandard-English. Mellix states how she felt uncomfortable most of the timewhen she spoke in Standard-English, but understood when she could speakBlack-English or Standard-English.
In the beginningof the text, Mellix gives examples of when and where she would speak eitherBlack-English or Standard-English. For example, she would speak Black-Englishwhen she was at her grandmother’s house with her entire family. She clarifiesthat she, along with her brothers and sisters would put more emphasis on wordssuch as “humid” (hyuuumid) because her relatives made her feel more “country”when she was around them. Mellix also describes how it was important to speakthe correct English at the appropriate time. For example, she says that whenshe spoke proper English to her brothers and sisters, they would make fun ofher because Black-English was so common for them to hear. The only time Mellixfelt somewhat comfortable speaking Standard-English was when she was in publicwith Strangers. When she was at home with certain relatives and friends, shewould speak Black-English, and when she was with those less close to her, shewould try and speak a mixture between the two distinct languages.
This articlemade me realize how different the language truly is in the North from theSouth. Living in New York for my entire life, I have experienced many differentspeech communities with all different groups of friends. I have learneddifferent lingos and slang for words or phrases varying from group to group.For example, in the North we pronounce words differently or even use differentphrases to say something such as “You guys” in the North, to phrases in theSouth such as, “Y’all”. This is one of the major speaking patterns I havepicked up while going to school down South because most of everyone down heresays Y’all. The main thing I find different is that I have picked up the word“Y’all” and have brought it into my own vocabulary usage. Now whenever I gohome, instead of saying “You guys”, I say “Y’all”. This is just another wayspeech communities in the South have affected the way I speak to my friends andfamily when I am up North.
Mellix, Barbara. 'From Outside, In.' Ed. PaulEschholz, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. Language Awareness: Readings forCollege Writers. Boston: Bedford: n.p., 2009. 548-57. Print.