How a Confession About Cultural Vegetables Turned

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This article is talking about what’s the language’s power in Chinatown. The rule is Amy Wu, who is an ABC and can’t speak Cantonese, which caused she not will be treated in solicitous service by dim sum ladies and waiters. But she understood that these waiters, were proud of speaking Cantonese, which no one else understands. In the author’s experiences, it is possible to observe the power of language to unite people into one group identity. Knowledge of the language is most important for all members of the group. If one member cannot speak the language he or she can no longer be a full member. I’m from Wenzhou, which is a small but great city in southern China. And we speak a dialect called wenzhounese, which is unique language, and totally different than mandarin or Cantonese. Due to the fact that people speak a unique language, they fell closer which led people do not feel helpless. For example, there are many supermarkets’ owners are wenzhounese in flushing. In spite of the fact that some of them don’t even speak English well, they helped each other to fond great supermarkets. Wenzhounese do business all around the world because they are every unified. People think they are in a group. The unique language makes people feel like they are a family for having similar ways of thinking, social behavior and talking styles. It’s the same situation in the article that people got better treatment when they speak same language. People are all proud if they can speak a unique language which less people understand, making them feel special and self-confident. The world is getting small because people have learned other cultures and languages. People are willing to share their culture. Now I can speak English, even not very well and few words in Cantonese, which is not my first language. Language is an interesting thing lets people understand each other and unite in

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