The parties here don't get busted. They get "rolled." They didn't just have a few people over. It was a "kick-back." Ask someone how some party was? It was gnarly and they are stoked for the next one. Make sure you take "the" 55 if you are headed to the beach, not just 55. And for the record, this is NOT the OC. It's just Orange County. Not to mention it's "BOMB."
These are just a few terms I've come to expect in the short time I've been at Chapman. It may have been my puzzles map or maybe looking clearly clueless over where I as going the first two weeks that pinpointed me as a lost freshman and thank God we've left the blue wristbands of shame behind when orientation ended. As a whole the freshman class sticks out, and apparently I can be pinpointed as from somewhere else fairly easily.
Am I from around here? What do you think. I'm from a place where you can get a glass of "wudder" with your "hoagie." Where everyone drops the f-bomb in every other sentence, especially when stuck in traffic on I-76 on the way to the birds game. (Speaking of... GO EAGLES!) Road rage always brings out our classiest language. Getting a cheesesteak from Pat's or Gino's? You best get it with "wiz." "Yo" is how we greet everyone. No exceptions.
Where is this magical place I hail from? Philly. Not Philadelphia, just Philly.Our language is different in the city of brotherly love. I wasn't aware of just how different it is till I arrived here. I sound different? Everyone sounds different. I've learned how to pinpoint where others are from based on how they speak. Everyone's always known the thick accents like Boston or Long Island, but it's a craft to recognize the more subtle accents from everywhere across the country. Why wouldn't everyone flock from all over to Orange County? Afterall, It's bomb.
From Seattle or Portland? It's not "hawt" out here. It's hot. From Minnesoooooda? It's Minnesota. Norcal born and bred? Well you've got no hope. I don't even know how to begin to explain "hella."
We've all scrambled here somehow and finally met people from all over. I wouldn't say language "oppression" is apparent, more just casual social labeling. Oppression is way too harsh of a word. This is Orange County. It's chill. Yes we can tell where people are from, but its not like we hold it against them. Plus that usually just falls into the same conversation we've all had over and over. "Oh you're from so-and-so? What's your major? What dorm are you in?" I think we've all progressed past thank point now.
We all took a little bit of where we're from with us here. We aren't "oppressed" because of it. It'll stick with us always even if our accents fade slightly out into the gnarliness that is SoCal language. So what advice do I have to give? Learn what other people are about, but don't lose touch of your roots. Take pride in where you come from. You were smart enough to find Chapman, you might as well throw your hometown some credit.
1 comment:
Wonderful, wonderful details to start off the paper. Those specifics slang words get you off to a quick start.
Need to do something with these slang words, by explaining how they relate to the essence of the assignment, the oppressive bit.
Watch the different font sizes. And the second one is too small.
“clearly clueless over where I as going”
“I can be pinpointed as from somewhere else fairly easily.”
Missing words?
You get to oppression fairly late in the essay – I think if you begin exploration of that idea earlier, you’ll have space to explain how it’s not all-out oppression, but perhaps a slight, social exclusion/inclusion, marking people in a way.
Very nice ending.
The voice seems to come very natural to you, as if it rolls out. That’s good. Hopefully the formal voice we do for the rest of the semester will come just as easily.
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