In “Mother Tongue” (647-51), Amy Tan discusses in great detail at least two of her “English’s.”By “English’s”, she means versions of English that she uses. Virtually all of us use at least one type of English, which falls between slang and formal English. Moreover, many of you use a special kind of English on the job. A server in the restaurant may use the term “wreck” the eggs, meaning scramble them. A police officer speaks in code and spells out license tags, where “Mary” stands for ‘M,” etc. A retail manager in a clothing store would refer to part of a shirt as a “jet” or an employee who is absents for a shift with no phone call a “no show.’ Consider how you may speak one way with friends and another way in a job interview.
-For Paper 3, discuss three English’s that you use.
-If you discuss three English’s,
-Your paper will naturally have 5 paragraphs.
-Consider the following example of a thesis statement:
I speak three “English’s”: Casual, server-speak at the restaurant where I work, and slang.
-Main Body Paragraph 1 would discuss casual English (between slang and formal);
-Main Body paragraph 2 would discuss work English;
-Main Body paragraph 3 would discuss slang.
-Provide examples of each type of English that you use. If you are “speaking” through your paper, enclose the example in quotation marks.
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