Do You Speak English?

So this time around, I have to write about the English language. Although we think of English as one language, it has many subdivisions that we all speak. I know that I personally speak a few different versions of English. It is rare that I will word something the same way to both my friends and my professors. When speaking with teachers or anyone you respect and see to hold a higher power, you try to speak as proper and formal as possible. Whereas, with my family and friends, I tend to speak my own language, my mother calls it Emmaism’s (hint the blog name). This is where I come up with my own words or will mix different words together so that I can say what I want; this is never something I would do with the Dean or a professor.

In addition to speaking differently with people I am close to versus formal people, I also speak different when I am on the sports field. Out there we all have our own terms that some people do not understand if they do not speak that version of English. We talk about field positions, game plans, and other things of that nature.

Although this list could continue for a while, I think you get the gist of it. There are people in this world who speak whatever their business language is (i.e.: accounting, environmentalist), but some also claim to speak baby, animal, and others. I, however, do not claim to speak these because I don’t feel I have a profession, higher then professors or students, which would require me to use that type of English. What different types of English do you all speak? Can you relate at all to the type that I speak?