Culture dictates the way we dress, the food we eat, the language we speak, and the stories we tell.
In addition to the essay section, the Writing section of the SAT tests the deviation between standard written English and the way we actually speak the language.
We speak the same language as these kids, know the same people and share the same culture.
"It's the makeup people wear today ... the shoes we wear, the language we speak, " he explains.
Just because we can speak the same language doesn't mean we will all end up sounding the same.
Never mind if we don't speak the language, don't have the skills or experience to qualify for the jobs we're doing, or don't know anything about what life is like "over there".
And here in America, we are united by more than the color of our skin or the language that we speak.
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Half as many law enforcement in a combat zone where we didn't speak the same language.
Neither Sapir nor Whorf formulated a definitive version of the hypothesis that bears their names, but in general the theory argues that the language we speak actually shapes our experience of reality.
Instead, the assimilation of elements of French into English produced Middle English and, with it, the basic profile of the language we still speak: a large vocabulary of Germanic and French-derived words organized with a simplified Germanic grammar.
Given this minority, how can anyone, and especially women, succeed as international executives for a few years in a country we have never been to, and possibly not speak the local language?
That would entail recognizing, as Steve Jobs did, that the things we create really do have souls and that they speak a language we can hear.
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Regarding language barriers, I try to use as few words as possible, and most of the ideas are expressed with the visuals so my videos are clear to people no matter what language they speak, and it held true with the Games We Play video.
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We have been spoiled by our home business market of more than 300 million people who speak the same language, largely embrace the same culture, abide by the same laws, use the same currency and have freedom of movement and disposable income.
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