After reading Vershawn Youngs “Should Writer’s Use They Own English ” and watching Jamilia Lysicott’s “3 Ways to Speak English ” I was surprised at how they were portraying their message. For example how Vershawn Young spoke in his own way not paying attention to grammar or what is considered proper English. In Jamilia Lysicotts “3 Ways to Speak English” she expresses her thoughts through the considered three different languages that she knows which are formal,native and street. Although they have it in common to express their messages in their own languages it still surprised me because since elementary school I would have been told that it is not the proper way to write an essay. A message that stuck with me is how we each make our own language. An example can be the community and neighborhood. Someone who lives in Borough Hall,Brooklyn is not going to have the same vocabulary as someone from 149 street in the Bronx. These people hear their surroundings and adapt to phrases they think are common since they were born around it compared to someone who has probably never heard of the phrase. I personally do agree with this theory because it has happened to me. I have friends and family who live on the West coast of the United States and when I would go visit them they would be confused by phrases I would tell my siblings. An example of this can be how in New York “You good”? Can have many different meanings such as if someone is financially stable, answering to someone saying sorry, or asking if there’s a problem. Some questions I have are if they talked and wrote in their own language while they were in school.