Wild Tongue

The first thing that I noticed when reading “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” was Anzaldúa’s metaphor of her dentist visit. I liked how she used the phrases “cleaning out my roots” and “We’re going to have to do something about your tongue”; they add an interesting style to the piece. After writing the previous two sentences, I realized that the passage was part of a quote. I still enjoy the way she infuses the Spanish with English; it gives me a glimpse of what language must be like at times for her.
There are definitely times when the language I speak, English, changes. The internet has spawned thousand of possibilities for new words and usages, as has television and other mass media. I also am constantly coining new words and phrases; eventually one of them will catch on to the rest of society.