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Language in our lives

grow up your whole life thinking what your parents say is entirely right and in no way could they ever be wrong. Well let me tell you I especially have learned that parents arent always entirely right. I grew up the son of two wonderful parents from the great state of Pennsylvania. My parents taught me many lessons that I could use in my life, but one thing that people from Pennsylvania tend to do is make up their own words for things. For example our vacuum was called a sweeper, our soda was called pop, and you know those little white canker sores that develop in your mouth and are really painful, our word for those was ulcers. I always thought my parents were right, boy was I ever wrong. I didnt realize it until we moved to Arizona and when I was in junior high got in an argument with my best friend. He said those white things are canker sores, I said boy are you stupid those are ulcers. Little did I know I was the one who really didnt know what I was talking about. I have come to believe that parents are great, they teach you all that they know and give you as many pointers as they can but a lot of things you just have to find out on your own. Families definitely affect the way you speak whether it be a made up word, or the way you pronounce something, the majority of your spoken and written language can be attributed to those people who love you the most, your own family members.So now you know what the three major components of how we learn how to use language. We communicate through common language with others, without common language we would not be able to express ourselves in the same ways. Our schooling has tried to teach us how to speak properly, and how to write well. Without schooling we would have to rely on what we learn from our parents and friends, and we all know that is not the best idea. So schooling has taught us what how we should express ourselves. The second way we have learned language is through ou...

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