The Power Of Language: Snoop Dogg

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The idea of language is created in many forms and for many living organisms, it’s the greatest accomplishment since their creation. It’s the one and only form of power that can devastate without destruction in other words, language is verbally and visually like a chess game that plays us all, choosing whether to call someone friend, foe or ally. However, in this chess game, every pawn has the potential to control the board like a king piece. That being said, every King piece needs an army, so they set out to find pawns who speak a similar language. In the animal kingdom, the ability to use language is a survival technique that has put one animal above all the rest. That animal is a human, master of the craft. Each person develops their language …show more content…
Non-formal speech becomes extremely hard to follow, so talking this way is usually used with close friends and family. The reason for that is because it’s riddled with slang and emotions specific to it so that the speaker could differentiate themselves to a specific interest group. The best example of this is in music lyrics, and one man that excels at it is a rapper named Snoop Dogg, who has contributed more to non-formal speech than any one person to date. With the song "Drop It Like It's Hot" there is a whole chorus line of broken English, to illustrate, he says “So don't change the dizzle, turn it up a …show more content…
When it’s written out in text messages words are usually abbreviated. Almost anybody these days has a story of when one of their friends sent them a text message and all could can send back was a “what?” those messages have heaps of abbreviations like lol, re feeling. This abbreviated talk also includes its own interest group, following a young demographic. It’s come to be known as a shortened way to write, but also has a bad rep for being the least punctual way to write. As for books or biographies written word really is a thing of beauty, the author is able to give every bit of who they are without ever meeting the reader. Some books use the slang that’s best known to the author and throughout their stories, they help the reader understand why they speak the way they do and teach the reader their way

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