What Do You Mean?

1. What is Tannen’s purpose in writing this essay? What does she hope it will accomplish? From what I gathered Tannen’s purpose was for us to comprehend the importance of communication in the work field. How the simplest verbal functions can be interpreted in many different ways. “Conversation is a ritual” I find so much meaning behind these four simple words, the article in its entirety are summed up by these word. Tannen wants to enlighten us to remember that our words are powerful. I believe she

In the essay, “But What Do You Mean?” author and linguistic expert Deborah Tannen argues her feelings on how men and women vary in their use of conversational “rituals.” She states that males have a tendency to use wording to sustain dominance in conversation; however, women seem to take in to account the feelings of others. Tannen identifies seven categories in which men and women differ in communication. First, women use apologies to assure other people. Men can misapprehend these apologies

begin. I did the same, nervous as to what she was going to say. "It 's about... Victor and Ana." One of my ears perked up. "I wasn 't expecting that, to be honest. You wouldn 't mind going on, would you?" She grinned a bit, but it was weak. "I don 't mind at all, why did you think I brought it up? Anyway, as for Victor, I was wrong for everything I did to him. Everything," she insisted again, as if there were a burden she was trying to remove. "What do you mean?" I asked, confused. "Elliot... Elliot

“It is recognizable to you?” asked Jiom. “Brilliant.” Meg giggled, “I do not believe that is a combination Earth people would willingly make, Jiom.” He put his thumb under her chin lovingly and said something in their language. She smiled bitterly and replied in English, “Thank you.” Nivea continued to stare at Jiom, trying to get some kind of idea of what he had said. “I have an idea,” said Jiom, suddenly, “Do I use the word correctly? Idea? I think that the three of you should stay with us.”

“I know it’s a lot to take in. but hey at least it explains for a lot of things right? In fact looking at it now my boss would love to have you on staff, should you be looking for some stability.” He was silent for a few seconds before asking the obvious question, “Who’s your boss?” I shrugged nonchalantly. “Death.” Still in shock Aaron remained silent. “no more questions? Good lets move this along. We are a dying breed and whatever is left of us is being killed off which isn’t exactly a good thing

(Rosenstand 2013 p.444-445). If Aristotle felt “everything” on earth is executed naturally then why does he believe if the Golden Mean is used “an action or a feeling responding to a situation at the right time, in the right way, in the right amount, for the right reason-not too much and not too little … describes the good for man-where happiness can excel, what a human is meant to do, and where a human will find happiness” (Rosenstand 2013 p.450). Aristotle continues on to say “[t]he purpose for man is to

#BlackLivesMatter Have you heard of Black lives matter? If you did what do you think it means? According to The Post 's analysis, the daily death toll so far for 2015 is close to 2.6. At that pace, police will have shot and killed nearly 1,000 people by the end of the year (Kindy, Fatal police shootings). This movement is an activist movement originating in the African-American community that campaigns against this violence and institutionalized racism towards Black people in the United States

“I’m sure you two aren’t aware of what is going on here, but we haven’t much time to talk. So I will quickly tell you. Witches, yes witches, have taken over. You may be thinking about fairy tale witches, but these witches do more than fatten kids and eat them. They destroy everything in their path and are doing whatever it takes to become superior. Our new president is a witch. You probably didn’t know she was, or that she was anything out of the ordinary.” she said. “I knew something was odd about

“What do you mean by ‘What is the greater good?’?” my third grade teacher snapped. “The greater good is the greater good.” “I know but what is the greater good in your definition?” “These questions are useless. If a question prompts you to ask the obvious, then it is not a true question. You should be ashamed of yourself for asking this question. Don’t ever ask questions like this.” She ended firmly. Unable to look at my teacher’s eyes, I stared at my shoes, hiding the tears that might trickle down

There are over six thousand five hundred different languages in the world, not counting the ones we do not recognize as languages. In Deborah Tannen’s, “But What Do You Mean,” Tannen writes about how men and women interact different with each other. Tannen talks about how men and women have different meanings of what is an appropriate way to speak. Tannen explains how women puts others feelings first. In Mindy Kaling’s, “Types of Women in Romantic Comedies Who Are Not Real,” Kaling writes about how