of the half-pipe." It really grabbed my attention that upon asking for a more in depth explanation, a.k.a. something I could understand, I instead received an explanation containing even more words that I did not understand. Just as it was talked about in Anthropology class, I realized that people in sub-cultures often do not even realize that they have their own vocabulary. If I were to have just asked him, "What words for crashing do you use?" he would not have been able to think of anything, but when I just observed him talking about it, he incorporated all of those phrases without even stopping to think about them. As the sun started to set, I found myself underneath the gigantic light poles overhead, getting ready for some night boarding before we ate dinner. The chocolate-chippety terrain loomed in front of me, all of the rocks staring back up at me as if daring me to even try to make it down the slope unharmed. "This is definitely beat for you, Jennifer. Don't trip though, we'll just take our boards off and walk down if you want to." As Adam, his friends, and I made our way down the rocky pass, I realized that on any other day, they would probably be stoked to get a chance to bust some tricks off the rocks, so I felt a little bad that I was keeping them from their fun. Adam was offended that I would even think that they did not have manners, "What's up? Do you think that just because we're snowboarders, we aren't polite? Just because we don't talk in proper grammar, doesn't mean we aren't proper guys." I was quick to agree, but after going over his statement for a while I wondered if others would think the same way. Does speech and word use influence the way society views a group of people? Of course. This can be seen in other sub-cultures such as people in the south talking slow or with a drawl, therefore there are sometimes viewed as lazy or dim-witted or African-American ethnic groups talking in ebonics, ther...
