A recent article i read goes over the recent remake of "queer eye for the straight guy" called "queer eye", and it talked about how homosexual people have been revamping the English language, specifically with the word that was coined by the show zhoosh which means to tweak something slightly. This word caused a little uproar in the linguistic community because the English language has no letter for the first sound in this new word, even though the sound is present in the middle of words like mea(su)re. Another thing the host of this show does is abbreviate a lot of words such as "struggles to function" becoming "strugs to func." So I was curious, how do small minority groups change our language as a whole such as "strugs to func" becoming semi popular to use according to this article?
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I enjoyed all of the topics in this course, but found a few topics especially interesting because they relate to me personally. Having a visual impairment, nonverbal language is one that I am not fluent in. Nonverbal language includes facial expressions, hand gestures, and body movement. While some movements are large and easy to read, such as frantic waving or stomping, many facial expressions or other gestures are much more subtle, such as a brief nod, wink, or glare. For me, I must be very close to someone to read these subtleties; otherwise I may be oblivious to them. Further, projecting my own body language to communicate with someone else nonverbally is problematic, as I cannot make direct eye contact, which is a key element of communication. Since I cannot observe social behavior, I have not entirely mastered the language to effectively communicate with it. I also liked the topics of generalization and categorization because I can see it in action with my g...
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