Hey folks,
This weekend we were in Chicago. We arrive on friday 2 am. At first we were going to Millenium Park and we were surprised how many people were out there. We watched a summer dance festival were two professionals show the viewers how it should works. The professional had a very strong accent, he spoke very loud and emphasizing. In fact I noticed that afro american people underline their speach very much. Especiallty the bus guide wants to achieve a exciting athmosphere with speaking in that way. I must say that I can deal with the Chicago way of speaking very well. Except the people in the restaurants and snack shops I had some problems because there werent adapt to speak to a foreigner. But If they noticed that you can't follow them they tried to speak more slowlier. I remember that many people uses "Hey folks" to welcome each other. I never heard this before outside america. Besides it was noticeable that in every store the sellers welcome us very friendly. In Germany it isn't common that a sellerask for the ellbeing of the customer. I'm not sure If I like this typical behaviour of the Americans because it isn't a seriously meant question. What I like in the American language is that there is no difference between official and unofficial salutation. Even If you don't know a person personally you can address with ''you''. So there is no danger to be impolite.
I think my english hasn't really improved so far because it isn't possible in one week. But I think learned some new vocabulary and I feel a little more copfortably while speaking.
Yours Elisa
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The differences in expressing official and unofficial status are expressed differently in American English. In American English, we avoid using a person's name, and even if the pronoun is the same (just "you"), the way of speaking is still very formal. Sometimes people think Americans do not observer these formalities because the pronoun does not changes, but Americans still use a more formal style depending on how well they know someone. They will still be very friendly, because that is considered polite, but the formality is still there.
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