Today in Human Geography we
continued our culture PowerPoint. The next slide we went what language meant.
It was mostly like last time but even more deep into it. The slide said that
language can unite regions in some ways, even if they are not legally bonded.
There were two examples given, and I think one was about the Middle East and
one about somewhere in Europe. The slide also talked about how language can
also divide a region, where two different languages can be spoken in close
proximity, creating a sort of divide between two areas (language barriers,
anyone?). Cultural characteristics are a part of everyday life, and Mr. Schick
had put in a map that showed the different amounts of people in the U.S. that
call soda different things (pop, coke, soda, other). It was interesting to see
the regional influence on the culture, and also interesting to see how the 100TH
monkey theory proved to be correct in some cases. An example was Florida at the
southern tip. You would normally think, “Oh, it must be the influence of Cuban
immigrants!” but you would be wrong. The change in the regional soda-naming was
actually caused by a large number of northern retirees moving to Florida (In
that specific area) which caused the regional name to change from one term to
another.
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