Unit Six

Ethnographic Note A

          Saint valentines day (AKA) Valentines day is celebrated around the world on February 14th. Valentines day is the day of "love", people tend to make surprises and romantic plans for their significant other, or will ask someone to be their "valentine". The reason we have valentines day is because one early christian saint named Valentinus was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry. Today we really don't learn the reason behind valentines day. On the stereotypical valentines day the male person in the relationship plans a dinner, and takes out their partner to a nice a romantic dinner, and buys them flowers (usually roses) and chocolate, the week on valentines day I heard a someone on campus say "I really hope I get spoiled on valentines day."

         In elementary school, kids would make valentines day cards for everyone in the class and attach a piece of candy to it, they would then go around and set a valentine in each kids valentines day basket. After we would finish everyone would sit down and open their valentines day cards. They would usually have someone cheesy on them and no one at that age really cared about the significance of the card, we just wanted to candy. The colors associated with valentines day are red and pink, the colors of "love." Our culture looks at love as having strong feelings for another person, and on valentines day we are suppose to express it. Love in our culture; I believe is interpreted very badly, people mistake a close relationship and sex for love. Love is emotion everyone has can experience, a warm personal attachment of deep affection.

 The Roman god of love and the son of Venus. He is a small, winged boy, blindfolded, carrying bow and arrows. The arrows, once struck the heart, makes the victim fall in love. He is also portrayed as a young man with his beloved Psyche, with Venus or with a small group of winged infants (the Amoretti or Amorini). Some traditions say that he was born from a silver egg.

 Ethnographic Note B

Do you Speak American?

      The Power of Slang

        In 1892, slang was defined as "the start of fancy, imagination and humor, breathing into its nostrils the breathe of life." Slang is produce most likely from youth, sport, vice, and oppressed. mostly, slang has been used by youth because they have not understand the proper use of English Language. Slang is more clever and humorous than the standard English. Mostly African - Americans adapt this language and brought the language to maturity. But, after their teenage years for Americans, slang is being erased on their vocabulary and uses a proper English Language. Overall, slang is adapted on a younger age that changes the American Language and develop it better.

      Americans are Ruining English

       In the early days, British who originated English language was amazed how English was spoken in the new world (America). But not until the American ruined it on 1776. The Americans were using the English Language and they have invented words that the Dutch and British don’t recognize. And when this happened, they felt that the Americans are ruining the English Language. Americans ruined it by changing it in a unique way. It is the same for the British before, both British and Americans evolved the English language in different ways but the American are more conservative and they have invented more words to add in English Language.

     Hip - Hop Nation 

      Hip – hop is a popular culture that is being adopted by youth and it originated from African - Americans. Hip hop is adapted all over the world including USA, Mexico, Cuba, France, Bulgaria, Ghana, Pakistan, Japan, Australia and many more. Hip Hop was started during the 70’s. Hip hop is defined as creative and entertaining. All youth who have adopted the culture was called “street linguist” and “word Warriors”. These people create and invent new words that have developed English Language.

  

      Like, Quote Me

      Like as a quotative? Using like has been scattered throughout the world and it changed the English Language big time. Like is mostly used after a verb or before a noun. Like has been used often on a conversation nearly every sentence. The use of like in quoted speech was reported to originate in California and its neighboring States. Now, like is still used across the English world but it was assumed to change or disappear in the future and it will not be a part of English forever.

      

       Slayer Slang

        Watching televisions can gain you knowledge and things that you did not know before. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an academic publication relating to the fictional Buffyverse established by TV series, Slayer slang is one of the languages that changed the English Language and it has introduced new slang terms and phrases on its every episodes.  Slayer slang is now a part of standard American English because of the new words it created.

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