Nicolette Van Duysen
September 2, 2014
English 1100
Response to “How to Tame a Wild
Tongue”
Evidently,
for Azaldua in her piece, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” she used language as a
form of identity and how to express herself; however, for me it is my town. I
grew up there nearly my whole life and know it inside and out. My town is
called Freehold and it made me into the person I am today. For instance, I had
various memories there that I will have with me for the rest of my life and
along with them comes with life lessons. I cherish countless amounts of
memories I’ve had in Freehold: the good, which make me show my love and
appreciation for what I have, and the bad that has stemmed where my morals lie
today and how guarded I am as a person.
Each place, that is similar to certain landmarks in Freehold I will
always have my town in the back of my mind. Whether each person’s experience
was good or bad, the town that you grew up in made every individual into the
person they are today.
Furthermore,
relating to Azaldua’s multiple languages, in my town we say words that other
towns outside of our area may have not ever heard of before. This is the slang
that she was talking about that she had only used with her friends. My town
says words that you will not be able to find in the dictionary or by searching them
on Google, probably cause of the fact that they do not exist in the English
language; however, if anyone in Freehold uses these words, we would understand
what the other person meant on instinct. Each person’s town shapes a person
into who they are.
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