Category: Unit 1 Final Paper (Page 8 of 10)
An Important word for me is “bro” you may ask why the most common word is important to me or how it makes it important to your disclosure community. My story begins when I came to the United State on June 26, 2014 I was eleven years old really small and shy kid from a south America country where no one spoke a little bit of English. Coming to The U.S was already hard for me imagine not able to understand the people or that they can’t understand you , it is very terrifying for a little kid during that time I felt like I was an alien from out of space. By introducing myself the importance of my word begins now that I’m starting seventh grade the new kid in school that didn’t know what to do , trying to make new friends that most of them couldn’t understand what were you saying ,pretty funny now that I think about; thankfully I found some people that spoke Spanish they helped me to get the rhythm of school they became my friends and they thought me thinks for example some new words or we can say that they thought me some NYC slang so I can be more cooler and in that time if u said those things you would be the coolest kid in school and I wanted to be cool. One of those words was “bro” my important word at the time the word for me was irrelevant because most of the people used to call anyone if u couldn’t remember their name. The past I started to learn more English I be able to defend myself without the help of others this is the importance of my word started to change the meaning for me and my community as the time change things for me.
The word bro has change in my personal live because it was a special meaning to those that are really close to me and I can be myself in front of them without being judge or to be mistreated . my important word can be interpreted in different ways for example mostly of the people that a just arriving to the U.S used the most because is a word anyone can understand it means the same thing in any different language in my opinion that impressive. This word “bro” has change for me over time because I only call bro to those that are my friends or those that are close to me I don’t call random people nor anymore since i’m able to speak and understand English so this mean the community I belong to it will my group of friends and we can say that some people that have access to that word that will be our group of friends we don’t usually call other bro like we do to us. Many people are able to use this word but for me and my community this word is special to us because in our community is really small and as the meaning go the word “bro” it means brother which in our community or group of friend we are really close as we were siblings as for the other people they used as to call everyone with no connection to the word the meaning, this shows that in my community we have different meaning in our words those they uses a word that is just uses a to call someone so they cab have their attention for example can be like they can be calling someone and they don’t know their name and the first thing they say to them is “hey bro” but is different in my community.
I can say that this words has make something better in my lives for example as I was saying the the start this word “bro” has me my time a bit better when meeting new people being the new kid a school or even at new places I can say that it has value and it has been teaching me the value of people I know it sounds weird but in my mind I call those bro to does I can trust to those I can talk to of mi problem and those I share great memories and can have a good time. My community are my friends they are my bros we are only 4 bros meet since freshman year and we have a great bond and still going for more sharing experience together not psychically but we are there to those in needing help one thing I can say is that my bros have helped me throw this hard times and a long pandemic.
If I wanted to publish my article it will be in website based on type of documentary because its talking about me and my community which both are really important so is part from my life and is not something that I wanted to post somewhere that people wouldn’t pay attention because this means a lot to me and it would make sense that people would appreciate the work and that they would be a blessing to commented if this is relatable and where they can express their emotion to my article also so they can learn something from this and hopefully can think about and apply it to their lives
In film making after a dramatic scene ends, the director or producer will say ‘aaand scene’ and closes the film clap board and the actors go back to their regular mood. Thats exactly what goes on in my group of friends. In this group there are 5 of us including my older sister, we try to keep the friendship as safe place and I feel good in my own skin when Im with them. We’ve all known each other for more than 6 years, and some of us work together, so we know when someone is serious or just need a laugh. So when we use the phrase “aaaaand scene” it’s because we know the person need to chill and needs a laugh. This word has become so familiar to us that we don’t even recognize we are saying it, using this phrase has become a habit between us. In the group , that phrase is so normalized that we don’t even call jinx when we say it at the same time.
It all started because of a meme, about 4 years ago. It was a picture of a man in a suit taking a bow with the caption “aaand scene” and my sister shared the meme with me on instagram. In the text she said “you; when you are done having a bad attitude” and I found it funny because of how relatable it was, due to the fact that I’m known to be the dramatic one in the family and being loud all the time. After that, my sisters and I used ‘aaand scene’ after one of us is done having a breakdown, or come home ranting about a small inconvenience at work. And at some point I got so used to using the phrase that I brought it to my friend group by accident. One day at work, one of my friends was giving a speech about why the guys at work shouldnt be allowed to use the girls locker room bathroom, and for some reason she was very passionate about her argument, to the point that it got a bit intense, she was using a lot of hand gestures. When she was done ranting about it, I said ‘and scene’, I said it in a low voice thinking that no one was going to hear me say it, but they all heard it and laughed. I knew she was serious about the situation but she was getting to worked up about it and I felt like she needed to breathe, so I broke the awkwardness with that phrase. Now still to this day, when one of us is having like a mini episode or when we are on our period and a bit moody we used “and scene”. Sometimes we even use our hands to clap them and pretend like we just closed the film clap board. Our definition for this phrase is basically when one of us is being over dramatic and/ or causing a scene. And sometimes we say it to ourselves when we feel we are being over dramatic or yelling a lot.
We also used this phrase to lighten up the mood sometimes or make someone smile. During the summer I was the designated driver for the group. We were headed to the beach and some guy stole our parking space that we’ve been waiting 10 mins for and I just didn’t think it was fair that we waited for the space and some random guy just comes out of nowhere and parks there. So I started cussing the driver and yelling at him about how I was going to hit his car and probably pop his tires. But after a while we realized it wasn’t worth dealing with him , we decided to leave and find another parking spot, and my friend from the back seat yelled “aaaaaaaaaaaand scene”. And I grew a smile on my face because I knew that my yelling at the driver was really unnecessary and I caused a scene in front of a whole bunch of people. So that day we just kept laughing the whole time about how my anger gets the best of me sometimes and that my outburst was an Oscar worthy scene. Looking back at this event, they made me feel better about my embarrassment and they made me feel comfortable again after the awkwardness that I made. And how that phrase ‘aaaand scene; could change a whole person’s mood, from yelling at a person and threatening his car to laughing in the car with the best people in the world looking for another parking space.
The day I realized that “aaaaand scene” was just between me and few people was when I was waiting in line for an iced coffee and a lady in line was talking to someone on the phone of why biden wasn’t going to be a good president and etc, so when the cashier called her she ended the call and I wanted to say it out loud but I realized I couldn’t because no one was going to understand. And I really wished one of my friend was there to witness this lady’s loud argument so we could have a laugh later. But later we later text each others stories about how someone caused a sense in the train or how our manager are acting fake when the CEO walks in. We also use ‘aaaand scene’ in text with each other, when we are giving out our opinions and we get defensive about it and we just send a gif of someone taking a bow. Which is basically just mocking each other about how dramatic we are with little things.
I like that we share this phrase because it makes us feel more comfortable with each other and it makes us feel special being part of a group that has developed this slang work and using it on a daily basis. When you think about it a random common word or phrase could hold so many memories and events. The phrase ‘aaaand scene’ actually bonded us closer because it allowed us to show our ugly side and not feeling bad or embarrassed about showing it or exposing it, we will just laugh about it later when we are back to our regular mood.
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