https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo In what ways do the language(s) and ways that you speak index who you are and different facets of your identity? (ESL 8100 F18) en-us 2016-09-23 19:22:30 UTC 2020-02-07 02:54:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png jkotula01 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/309721743 I say "you guys," and avoid saying "ya'll," because it seems too southern for me to say. I also say "drinking fountain," which may show that I am not from Minnesota or Wisconsin!]]> 2018-11-30 12:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/309721743 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/309978053 I have worked in many formal places, so after time my writing and speech ended up being more formal than it probably would have been.

]]> 2018-11-30 20:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/309978053 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310018582 2018-12-01 01:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310018582 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310100553 As a young-looking teacher, my more formal register denotes my authority at school. Outside of school I am not nearly that formal. 

This also makes me think of swearing! The times and places I choose to swear mean very different things in different contexts. ]]> 2018-12-01 20:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310100553 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310229989 I think that the version of English I speak is similar to others that live in the Midwest. 

Also, I speak more formally when communicating in professional, or academic settings. When I am talking with family and friends, I speak more informally. ]]> 2018-12-02 22:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310229989 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310244665 I thought taking the dialect survey would be interesting since I'm originally from the South and I now live in Minnesota. I still say y'all and call it a "service road," but the midwest in me came out when referring to a couple other points. 

I too, speak differently with friends and family as opposed to colleagues and professors. I speak more formally with colleagues than I do with friends.]]> 2018-12-03 00:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310244665 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310715710 2018-12-04 01:51:23 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/310715710 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/311046562 The survey said those were my "least like" dialects. Otherwise, it strew me across the upper middle of the country: Spokane, Salt Lake City, Des Moines (none of which I have actually lived in!) I'm from rural eastern Ohio, which is a funny mix of Appalachia/Northeast/Midwest on any measure. My Ohio relatives say I have a Minnesota accent now, and I can feel the words change (relax) in my mouth when I go "home," but I think I use the same words.]]> 2018-12-04 18:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/311046562 https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/315051532 My dialect was closest to Little Rock, Louisville, and Huntsville. It was interesting to take this quiz, because I grew up in Texas and I know I have changed the way I refer to a lot of these terms. I used to say "expressway", but now say "freeway" or "highway". I used to pronounce "aunt" as "ant", but since I have moved to Minnesota, I say awnt, but I say my "ant Tere". I grew up saying "big rig", but say "semi" now. My partner and I have a joke whenever a semi passes us on the road, I always say "Hey, Wes, know what we call those down south?....a Big Rig!" A lot of people can pick up that I grew up down south based on my dialect, even though I have lost my South Texas accent and have more Midwestern pronunciations. ]]> 2018-12-17 04:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/berg1207/aafys0o25kmo/wish/315051532