My Language Beliefs

I believe that language represents your history and who you are as an unique person. This is why I believe that it's not such a crime to judge someone at first glance based on their accent, dialect or language because sometimes that's how you learn about someone.

We watched a video in class about how different dialects are formed and more. I learned , first of all, that physical boundaries such as mountains or water play a large part in strong accents that are totally different than other people due to the isolation.
Another source of my language belief is when we had a guest speaker who recorded the voice you hear on your voicemail and so on. She referred to this voice as the "voice from nowhere" because of how no one actually speaks wuth no accent at all. From her visit, I realized that everyone grows up with some kind of accent and even if they can hide it sometimes, it stays with you all the time as part of your identity.