Being from Chicago I already stand out on Auburn's campus. In class as soon as I open my mouth to speak I receive confused and puzzled looks while I am asked with a crinkled face..."where are you from??" I knew what I was getting into when arriving in Auburn 4 years ago, but I still have not learned to embrace nor absorb that southern twang. Sitting in my rhetoric class (yes, rhetoric is still taught) a girl raised her hand with perplexity as she asked the professor why the contraction "y'all" was not the generic gender pronoun. I immediately let out one of those half cough laughs as I turned around to put a face with this ignorant question. First of all, the contraction y'all is not even in the dictionary and as I write this my spell check underlines it in red reconfirming that it's not a word. And secondly, she actually thought this made up word should be taught as the generic pronoun to replace "they". Should I have been more understanding of her background and lack of intelligence? Probably.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The Beginning
Being the tech-freak that I am, it was only a matter of time until my friends and family won the battle over me starting a blog. I keep up with several other blogs and have noticed that most of the time they are writing about personal stories or personal interests. Should I follow in suit? What would readers of my blog like to read about? My disastrous sushi dinner? A failed Saturday night date? How to do your own French manicure? None of these will most likely make the cut, but I would like to ensure my readers that they will be provided with comical relief from their busy work day, or lets be more serious, lazy unemployed day. The rest of this first entry should include information about my self, what my hobbies are, and my favorite food, but I simply will not bore you with that petty information.
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