Assess The Difference Between Work Speech And Informal Language
The differences between the way we speak changes based on our situation and surroundings. We are affected by whether the situation is formal, based on our knowledge of a subject, or who we are around. People can switch the way we speak at a moments notice. A person can go from speaking slang to speaking properly and grammatically correct when the occasion arises. A person can speak to a woman differently than a man or be overpowered by another person’s voice. Most people go through these transitions throughout the day without even realizing what they are doing. A person can talk to their family, coworkers, boss, friends, or strangers in entirely different language patterns. The way a person is speaking at any given moments depends on the
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Work speech uses specialized terms and metaphors to convey their messages across. This can prevent to people without expertise in an area from understanding a particular part of a conversation. For example, restaurants, different sports, video games, and all sorts of subjects have varying degrees of work speech. As an example, this is a conversation that I had watching the Rangers game earlier this week.
Me: If we sweep the Astros were in 1st place
Chris: I know, and the Twins are right behind us. The Astros might not even get the 2nd Wild Card Spot.
Me: I just hope we don’t play the Blue Jays in the 1st round, they crush lefties, and our rotation is full of them.
(Delino DeShields hits a blooper to center)
Me: Fall, Fall, Fall This is an example of work speech because it is possible that a person might not know what many of these words mean. My roommate, who is from England, had no idea what we were talking about. He did not know what a sweep (win every game in the series) Wild Card Spot (for good teams that don’t win their divisions) any of the teams locations (Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers) rotation ( the order in which the pitchers pitch) or that the team that score was based off the number of run scored instead of whoever won the inning. The best though was that he thought I was rooting for the centerfield to …show more content…
They use words like heifer and steer are used in their discussions, but these words are unknown to most outside of the cattle industry. I also find it interesting that lots of people don’t know of or have never seen barbed wire, cattle guards, or pumpjacks. The jargon used by my dad and others in the cattle industry is not understood by most, and is a perfect example of work speech. A person working in a big city or a location where cattle and ranches are less present are some of the people who would not understand these
Work speech uses specialized terms and metaphors to convey their messages across. This can prevent to people without expertise in an area from understanding a particular part of a conversation. For example, restaurants, different sports, video games, and all sorts of subjects have varying degrees of work speech. As an example, this is a conversation that I had watching the Rangers game earlier this week.
Me: If we sweep the Astros were in 1st place
Chris: I know, and the Twins are right behind us. The Astros might not even get the 2nd Wild Card Spot.
Me: I just hope we don’t play the Blue Jays in the 1st round, they crush lefties, and our rotation is full of them.
(Delino DeShields hits a blooper to center)
Me: Fall, Fall, Fall This is an example of work speech because it is possible that a person might not know what many of these words mean. My roommate, who is from England, had no idea what we were talking about. He did not know what a sweep (win every game in the series) Wild Card Spot (for good teams that don’t win their divisions) any of the teams locations (Minnesota Twins, Houston Astros, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers) rotation ( the order in which the pitchers pitch) or that the team that score was based off the number of run scored instead of whoever won the inning. The best though was that he thought I was rooting for the centerfield to …show more content…
They use words like heifer and steer are used in their discussions, but these words are unknown to most outside of the cattle industry. I also find it interesting that lots of people don’t know of or have never seen barbed wire, cattle guards, or pumpjacks. The jargon used by my dad and others in the cattle industry is not understood by most, and is a perfect example of work speech. A person working in a big city or a location where cattle and ranches are less present are some of the people who would not understand these