Monday, October 6, 2008

"What can I think when all you do is speak.." (It's my language belief, ya'll)

Well, lovelies, what does Lola believe?...

I believe that language is the base of all powers. Hitler used language and words in order to persuade Germany. You feel dominant over people who are new to your language. You feel overpowered by people who speak a more dominant or well know language than you. Language is a culture and culture is powerful. Power is natural to every single person, whether they realize it or not. That's my belief, kids. Moving around alot and adapting to new languages and cultures has helped me realize it.
In class, we've had people come and speak to us, correct? Yes, and they've all had language as their base. When you go to a new place, what pushes you to change your habbits of language? Another language. It's that force, that power, that tells us we have to change in order to be "normal." Normal isn't universal, so it can be rather challenging to go from what you think is normal to the new "normal."
So stop thinking normal is normal. We all know it's bound to change eventually.

Toodles,
Lola Lye

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