Words are for WIMPS!

     I am an Armenian. When I was younger I used to go to a lot of day camps during the summer because my parents had work and would not trust me at home alone. I was very shy, especially among those that I was not familiar with, so I did not talk much. However, when I did talk, they all looked at me and said, "Wow, you have an accent," I believe everyone has an accent but they, as well as the people around them have become so accustomed to it that they stop noticing it. This also applies to the way people talk. I usually do not realize, but I say the word, "bro" a lot. I also may cuss a lot without realizing, and say "yallah" or "haydeh" a lot, too. The people around me and in my environment may be very used to it, but I know that if I were to talk the way I do to my friends with a random stranger they would think I'm crazy.
     We are all the same when it comes to judging others based on the way they speak, unfortuantely. By hearing someone talk, we can assume that they are a "redneck", or a "rabiz armenian", or a "stupid valley girl". What we really need to focus on is the content of what people are saying, not the way in which they say it. Sometimes, I may have a lot to say, but I cannot gather all my thoughts in complete sentences to express what I feel, and what comes out is a bunch of words that don't match or are three different languages plus sound affects ombined. My point is that people have different ways of communicating with one another. We should not be so quick to judge, and try to better understand the person before making any assumptions about who they are, and not base it on how they speak. The language of communication does not necesarily entail the words we speak with, rather, it focuses more on the ideas we tranfer.