in class movie 2

1. I would have gone to other towns such as "bordertowns" near canada of mexico rather than focus on a couple rural towns. I also would have visited all coasts. I would have interviewed a more variety of people: women, different races, people from the city and rural areas. I liked the part in the documentary that would take a commonly used word in one part of the area and take it to another part and people would have no idea what it meant i.e. "gumband". I have never heard it called "gumband" before.

2. Groups that are under represented are women and people of other race categories than white. I felt like groups that were in more rural areas were over represented just because they most likely have a thicker accent as opposed to groups in big cities. To make the study more appealing I would have visited more places put music in and not only talked about their accents but lifestyle as well.

3. Language can be crucial. In my high school I perceived people with sort of a "red-neck" accent to be less intelligent. Language can reveal a lot about a person in terms of stereotypes such as if i heard a "southern accent" or what I will call an "Indiana southern accent" which would be called a "redneck" here I would see them as a republican, conservative, drives a truck, goes hunting, racist, listens to country music. However if I heard a real southern accent such a one from South Carolina I would perceive them as hospitable, polite, proper.