This writing assignment gave me a very up-close and personal stories from the members of my table. For example, Bushra's story was something I could relate to, even though I didn't know much about the Muslim culture. I found that we had similar intros to our stories, in that we both used detailed descriptions before diving right into our word that described our language community. I also think that we both tried to use our voice inflections in a way that we would just be telling this story to a friend and not a computer.
In Abbey's recording, I realized that our language communities were actually very similar. We both used a word to describe a part of our hometowns that mean a lot to both of us. I also think that our approaches were similar as well. Abbey really tried to give a good backstory and description of the retreat center, so that us outsiders would truly understand how much this word means to her. I had a similar approach with my word because I knew that no one would really know how to picture M-22 in their head without some type of description.
Madeline also had similar approaches to abbey and me in the way that she chose a word that describes something important in her hometown. I found more similarities with Madeline because her word described a location/region like mine. She also mentioned that people from her town all carry the logo of a redskin with them, whether that be on a keychain or sticker. This was a big part of my story too. Her story had a theme that described a territorial group of people in a specific region. I think that that was also a huge part of my story as well, because we are very proud of M-22 in northern Michigan, and we do everything we can to protect it's natural beauty.
All of the members of our table mentioned that we still use the language today in some way, and that we all love to share parts of our communities with our friends here in Saint Louis, or elsewhere.
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