Do You Speak American Thesis

In “Do You Speak American?” by Robert MacNeil, MacNeil uses outside sources, personal anecdotes, and familiar diction in attempts to prove to the American people,especially those who have an interest in the English language, that

“We are not talking more alike,but less(309).
The way I would insert this quote in my essay would probably be in the paragraph about the about the uniqueness that American English has. It will be used with examples of the different influences that are very much involved in the transformation that English has gone through over recent years. This quote establishes a positive view of what modern English is becoming. This quote also reflects on his own behalf that he too is part of the continuing transformation. It helps mark that everything and everyone has an effect in how English is now spoken. But that in the end that this change is actually for the better.
“What appears to be the determining force in whether regional dialects,survive or disappear is not media influence, but rather the movements of people(313).” …show more content…
I want to explain that people are the cause of change and that change varies depending on the people that are using that language, and because people move and interact with each other on a daily basis language can be molded into something that distinguishes the United States as a nation. Because of this I want to show MacNeil’s point of people being the reason for the change in American English and because human interaction causes this he want to make sure that it becomes something that is accepted by