Controversy Of Friends

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“Uh, um” that is how I commonly end up when I talk to new people. I often use different tone and language when talking to a distinct type of person. My words vary, I may get stumbled up, or even make snarly comments. All of that depends on the type of person I talk to. I talk separately to my friends, through text, new people, my father, and my family. The first group of people is my friends. When I am with my friends, I am usually free and do not feel constrained. I often joke a great deal and often find myself saying “just kidding”. Whether I am making a joke or picking on a friend, I always seem to say “just kidding”. I say it in a hush towards of manner. Equally to that, I also make sarcastic comments to my friends. For instance, my friends would tell me about their day and all I would say is, “How interesting…” and not say another word. It really aggravates them, and I like that. Along those lines, I often catch myself saying “y’all” instead of you all. “Y’all” is often a southern type of saying. Such as, “Is this all of y’all’s favorite piece of pie?” Usually this would be something that my grandma would say. This is why I only use it when I’m comfortable with the people I’m around, generally my friends. Another way I talk to my friends is by texting them. …show more content…
This is the laziest way I use “English”. I usually use this with whomever I text, whenever and wherever I need to. This requires a different style of English, where one abbreviates words. For instance, if I want to say the word “yeah” then I would abbreviate it to “ya” or “yea”. The name of this style of writing is leetspeak. The whole reason I use leetspeak when I text is because it helps me type faster. Commonly, I am in class and I need to type “Yeah, I will talk to you later. Goodbye.” Instead of taking all that time to type all that out, I would simply just type “Yea, I’ll tlk 2 u l8tr. Bye.” Generally who ever I text will not be someone that I need to be formal with, because this style of “English” is not very proper. Counter to that, when I am with fairly new people I try to typically speak more clearly such as use “you all” instead of “y’all”. I consistently try to use proper English. Occasionally, I stumble upon my own words and lose my train of thought. For example, I could be talking about my dog. I will pause and try to fix this by looking down and think to myself; I will go through all the thoughts in my head trying to recollect what I was saying. When this happens I usually end up on a different subject and get them intertwined and confused. This causes me to feel foolish and makes me think I have left a bad impression of myself on the new people I meet. On the other hand, when I talk to my father we usually use immense words, like gasconading, this means to be boastful. For example, when my father would talk about certain scientific theories and equations he would often say, “There are very few people who are smarter than me.” I would then bring him down and say, “Dad we excuse your gasconading talks today” he would then try to rebuttal with another word, but eventually I would get my point across. He and I try and speak with sophistication by using eloquent words, some of the time my mom and brother couldn’t understand. Such as, I would ask “Hey dad how does a micro-processor work?” He would then say, “A micro-processor is built on semi-conductor substrates with PN junctions that control electronic flow.” “So you are saying the electronic control is controlled by electronic potential.” I would say. Our talk would ultimately get so enormous that nobody else could understand us besides anyone who has as high of an IQ as us. But this is how my father and I talk and understand each other. In conclusion, when I am with my father I usually talk with immense sizeable words. Another dialect I use is one I use with my family. With them I usually use “yes, sir” and “no, sir” instead of using “yeah” and “nah” that I use with my friends. For example, if I am sitting on the

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