After reading, Vershawn Young’s “Should Writers Use They Own English” and watching Jamila Lyiscott’s “Three Ways to Speak English”, I was surprised by the way both artists conveyed their message. The first thing I noticed was the difficulty in reading Young’s text. Being accustomed to reading what we consider “proper” English, the change in language caught me off guard. The first thing I noticed from Jamila’s TED Talk was her diction. From her own words, her talking manner is very “articulate”. She also talked in a rhythmic manner. Every now and then she would speak a few sentences in her regular voice and then switch to a flow type speaking. Both Jamila and Vershawn include their native lingo while speaking to the audience. Jamila conveys the message that while we may speak English, our English has its own tongue. She conveys this using the three tones/tongues of English that she frequently uses, and describes to us situations where she’s had to switch up her flow of speaking, and communicated with people about it. Despite the English language being one language, Jamila describes herself as trilingual because of the fact that she can speak three different types of English. This was relatable to me because I find myself speaking a different English at home and to people who are not fluent at English, a different English with my friends, and a different English in an academic or professional environment. I can connect both texts because they use an English that is not proper but they want to emphasize that it’s ok to do so. Vershawn’s text has a line that stuck out to me, “You cant start off sayin “disabuse yo’self of the notion that students have a right to they dialect” and then say to tell students “Y’all do have a right.” That be hypocritical”. This line is important to me because despite some people being aware of how they are speaking and the inaccuracies in their dialect, others are quick to judge and correct that language, almost as if they find the differences offensive and insulting to the English language. I found myself agreeing with both authors perspective because the situations they described, in terms of usage and speaking a different English, is something I have found myself in as well.