Pygmalion discussion

1) English can be pronounced in many different ways, and usually the most powerful people have the "most correct one". This doesn't mean that the powerless people deserve no rights, and that is why I do not agree with the Note Taker, because with effort and perseverance everyone can progress in life. This means that her progress is determined by other factors and she is not staying in the "gutter" forever because she can move on conserving her identity (idiolect). 2) He is a generous man because he is just trying to convince the flower girl to learn how to speak correctly. But he can`t notice that she likes the way she speaks.

Spanglish questionary (Gloria, modern family)

1) How did you feel when listening to Gloria’s accent?

   I felt like I could easily notice that her english was mixed with her spanish, and sometimes it was very hard to understand what she was trying to communicate.

2) Is this variation of language identifying a particular community for good or bad ?

  

   This variation of language is identifying spanish people who might not speak english perfectly, but the tv show is not trying to criticize it neither as good or bad, it is just trying to make it funny.

3) Is this an inferior variation of the English language?

   .Yes, it may be consider inferior. This is called an hybrid variation of english and it may be a little bit harder to unserstand for some people.

4) Do you usually judge people’s accents? 

   I think my english accent is not even good, so how could I judge people's english? But, I could judge people`s spanish but I don`t unless it is very bad.