https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd en-us 2022-09-02 16:51:42 UTC 2022-12-08 00:39:08 UTC hello@padlet.com njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288396939 2022-09-08 15:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288396939 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288401913 2022-09-08 15:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288401913 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288405845 2022-09-08 15:29:33 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288405845 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288413101 I couldn’t think of words that were introduced to me as “incorrectly” pronounced, so I searched up commonly mispronounced words on google. As I was going through lists, I found mischievous and was confused because I thought there was only one way to pronounce and spell them. I decided to look more into this word cause it was interesting how the word I thought to be correct was, in fact, “incorrect.” In the writing explained article, it goes over how mischievous is often spelled as mischievious, which is what caused the mispronunciation as well. The article goes over some examples of how these two words are different, and the word should be pronounced with three instead of four syllables. This article is really persistent on the idea that mischievous is the standard English form of the word and shouldn’t be spelled or pronounced in any other way. I believe their reason for identifying it incorrect is justified as the spelling and pronunciation did change. I found this interesting because I always spelled it as mischievious and thought it was four syllables.
According to the spelling trouble blog, the mischievious spelling and pronunciation come from the 15th century when speakers wanted to change the less common -ous ending to -ious as it was more common in words like devious, furious, and curious. It turns out that it was easier for them to say words like -ious rather than -ous, even if it meant that the terms were being changed incorrectly. But, they disagreed with this change as it completely changed how the word is pronounced and spelled and led to a lot of confusion.
Urban dictionary seemed to have a very particular opinion on this misspelling. It condemns that this is the evolution of language and instead believes that “changes like this are driven by illiterate and the ignorant, and it is careless to embrace them.” It is noticeable that they are enraged with this spelling, as they stated from the beginning: “a common and disgusting mispronunciation and/or spelling of the word mischievous.” This shows a lot of how the writer at urban dictionary feels about the spelling of mischievious. Throughout my research, I didn’t find any source that advocated for this use. There was a common theme of disapproval with this change in spelling and pronunciation. After reading all of these articles, I even think that this change wasn't necessary as it instead caused more confusion. It caused me to think that this word was pronounced as mis-CHEE-vi-ous instead of miss-CHI-vus. 

]]> 2022-09-08 15:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2288413101 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2298865925 There are various ways to greet teachers, but what is seen as the “standard way"? Honestly, how you greet your teacher shows your bond with them and how they want to be greeted. I’ve heard students greet their teachers with “Hello Mr./Ms./Mrs.,” and “Hey." Some teachers want to be greeted with their titles, while others prefer their names. I chose this variant because I find it interesting that our greetings for teachers change just based on that teacher but still mean the same. ]]> 2022-09-15 19:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2298865925 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2298878274 This website has various recordings of different ways students tend to greet their teachers. Just by the student’s tone, you can tell the bond between the student and teacher. It shows how professional it is as the way the student greets the teacher changes. It also has other examples of how a person would greet their mom, friend, or stranger. ]]> 2022-09-15 19:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2298878274 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2299207416 I think both variants are acceptable just as long as the teacher is okay with them. If the teacher prefers to be called by their title, the student should respect their wish. But, if the teacher doesn’t mind being called by their name or having informal greetings like “Hey” or “Sup,” it might be easier for the student and teacher to communicate. It also depends on the student and their preference on how to greet the teacher. So it all depends on how the student and teacher are. ]]> 2022-09-16 01:29:30 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2299207416 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2299215278 In high school, I would switch my language when talking to teachers. For example, if a teacher didn’t mind being called by their name, then I would call them that and say “hey” when greeting. But, if there were a teacher who wanted things to be more formal and professional, then I would keep it that way. So, I would use both variants depending on the teacher. Just like how in class we talked about the different ways to say something, but relatively it all means the same. I feel it is the same in this case because as long as you respectfully greet the teacher in both ways, it means the same. It just depends on what everyone is comfortable with. ]]> 2022-09-16 01:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2299215278 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311665302 I commute to college everyday which means that I ride the train for about an hour. During this time, I usually look around and notice my surroundings. The trains have a lot of ads and signs to bring riders attention to some kind of marketing plan. They've all been strategically placed to make the riders notice them and become intrigued. ]]> 2022-09-24 16:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311665302 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311666165 2022-09-24 16:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311666165 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311666315 2022-09-24 16:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311666315 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311676619 One of their ads/signs were placed to promote the subways' new way of paying through OMNY. This ad basically says that once a rider swipes with the same card for OMNY 12 times, they would have it for free for the rest of the week. The sign was spread throughout the train cart I was in so everyone could see it no matter where they sat. And one thing I noticed was that this was in different languages, including Bengali, which is what I am familiar with. Different groups of people travel the train every day, so this would target many communities, especially those that don't speak English. This was a strategic way of marketing for the MTA as it made it easier for them to target different groups who would be interested in a deal like this. Those that don't speak English can easily read their own language if it's there and be aware of what is going on. It even has pictures to represent what is going so even if they don't understand the language, they can get an idea from the pictures. ]]> 2022-09-24 16:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311676619 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311762256 2022-09-24 18:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311762256 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311789781 Snickers' campaign phrase is "you're not you when you're hungry," and this picture reinforces that. I saw this ad come up while watching a video a couple of days ago, and I found this one really intriguing. It was different from any regular snickers ad just because of the number of misspellings they did. I then looked more into this and found that this was a marketing plan they created with Google. They teamed up with Google so they could see the 500 most misspelled words on the internet. The main goal was to make people think about snickers as they targeted the most critical aspect of human requirement, which is hunger. So, the snickers marketing team used common misspelled words to play on the idea that the person misspelled what they were searching for, and snickers can help with that. This ad succeeded as it got 500,000 people to view it within three days of launching it. This ad's main target was for everyone who is hungry in general. They just wanted to get as many people to be more interested in snickers as possible, and they were pretty successful with that. Both of these examples include lexical and phonological variation as they both include certain word choices to refer to the same concept. ]]> 2022-09-24 19:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2311789781 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2322925591 2022-10-02 21:56:08 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2322925591 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2322928471 In class, we talked about how non-standard language, like r dropping, used to be more standard, but after world war 2, a change occurred that caused it not to be as common anymore. It would be used in movies, news, school, and many other areas that could influence a person's language. Then, standard language became common, and everyone adapted to speaking in standard language. To this day, standard language is still highly used, but there are some cases where non-standard cases tend to be used and have a positive attribute. ]]> 2022-10-02 22:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2322928471 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2322948312 In this video, Barack Obama used g-dropping in his speech to connect with his audience more as well as motivate them. He used g-dropping towards the end of his speech, where he says, "Stop complainin'. Stop grumblin'. Stop cryin'." This exemplifies covert prestige because g-dropping isn't the standard language, and Obama has a lot of authority to be able to do g-dropping to show his community that he is friendly and casual. He made this speech in September 2011, around the time when he announced his candidacy for re-election. This speech was at the Congressional Black Caucus, and so he probably followed g-dropping in this speech to get a wider audience to relate to him and become intrigued with what he had to say. Some negative attributes of this could be that people might find it offensive as he didn't fully follow the standard language in front of a large audience. Those who strongly favor strong language might feel that this could influence the viewers. ]]> 2022-10-02 22:54:15 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2322948312 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2341503536 For my topic, I chose greetings. I will observe different ways people greet me and each other. So far, I've collected 60 tokens. ]]> 2022-10-15 19:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2341503536 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2354455352 I was able to finish collecting 120 tokens for my projects. I've collected age, familiarity, and channel of communication for my social information. Some of my greetings were in a different language. Is that okay, or should I just translate it? ]]> 2022-10-24 23:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2354455352 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2359327267 While doing my research, I noticed that a lot of articles had titles along the words of "women should stop saying sorry," but I found this one interesting because it was different. Instead of telling women to apologize, this article mentioned that men should just start. This article talks about how we should stop telling women to stop saying sorry because it doesn't cause any harm besides possibly creating a kinder environment. But the author believes that instead of focusing on women, people should also encourage men to start apologizing. Apologizes just avoid tense situations and should be welcomed to be used by both genders. Women apologizing isn't the problem, but men not apologizing enough is the problem. The author uses professional people as her evidence to bring other perspectives on this topic. This article might be biased because it is written by a woman, but the author does a great job of bringing a male perspective on this topic. This shows that this is an issue that has been going on for a while and has been noticed by both genders. I find her evidence to be convincing as it showed me a different perspective on this topic. This article doesn't explicitly bring up dominance models but it reflects the idea of it by stating how... ]]> 2022-10-27 16:01:47 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2359327267 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2362482007 I chose this article because I didn't realize that women use "just" so much. I realized that I tend to use "just" a lot as well and I found it surprising because I used to think it was common amongst both genders. This article talks about how women should stop using the word "just" as it undermines their authority and leadership. Women are taught to be empathetic, using words like "just" and "sorry." The author uses other examples of specific phrases or words that women use that undermine their authority besides sorry and just. Some of the examples used are "actually" or constantly asking questions if they are clear. This article shows a vast difference in women's language compared to men, as women tend to be softer. This article doesn't seem as biased to me because it brings in different point of views instead of just stating the author's opinion. The author gives their opinion but uses various things that people have said to show what they are trying to convey. ]]> 2022-10-31 00:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2362482007 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2382152003 This post is directive because she uses the exclamation mark emoji to show how serious this post is. This exclamation mark makes the post more direct and is used to get her followers to do something, in this case, to get involved with the climate change crisis. The use of the exclamation mark is successful because even though it is only one emoji it sets out a message that this is important and is urging people to do it. ]]> 2022-11-14 03:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2382152003 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2383135190 This post is expressive because Cher uses a lot of emojis to describe how she is feeling. She uses the crying emoji to describe how she is feeling about her tooth pain. In the middle of her sentences, she uses an emoji to describe what she is feeling or trying to say rather than actually saying the word. So, in this post, she uses 💪 instead of saying strong. This is expressive because she uses specific emojis to express her emotions or feelings. The use of these emojis is successful as they show a lot of emotions. ]]> 2022-11-14 15:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2383135190 njn2025 https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2383154367 This post is phatic because Cher uses a happy birthday emoji. Cher uses a birthday cake and party popper emoji to tell her mom Happy Birthday. Saying happy birthday with emojis opens a conversation and sets up the structure of a conversation. This is a way of complimenting/showing interest as well as expressing happiness and pleasure, so Cher uses these emojis successfully in this post.]]> 2022-11-14 15:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/njn2025/63wbcejcrz5jszwd/wish/2383154367