How to Tame a Wild Tongue

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In the reading, the author discusses how she, being Chicana, has had many cultural and linguistic influences throughout her life. Starting in school when she mentions how the Anglo teachers would scold her and correct her when speaking with an accent or speaking in Spanish. This experience can be traumatizing for anyone because of the personal impact it has. The teachers are basically telling her to deny who she is and conform with the "American" society.

The author mentions how she has various ways of speaking among different groups of people. Whether it be family/friends, other Chicanos, teachers, etc. Just as how we as people talk differently to everyone we know, there are levels of respect and comfortability that go into conversations with other individuals. This goes back to being exposed to different dialects and being Chicana, she was Mexican but didn't grow up in the home country and instead grew up in the states. Coming from this background, she became well rehearsed in being bilingual. Referring back to the title, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue," the passage says something along the lines of you cannot tame a wild tongue, you can only cut it off.



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