My culture and the way I communicate I believe goes hand in hand, its what makes me fit in into my society from verbal to nonverbal behaviors. I am a Trinidadian and 'trinis' have a special way about them as to the mixture of our cultures (because of our cosmopolitan society) each and every culture has an every day impact on one another.
My culture influences my speech because it brings different words into my vocabulary that others may not comprehend explain 'sick' meaning good" or "its bad" meaning the same as 'sick' which is good. Also, because of the nature in which we are grown, sometimes or most times we never actually pronounce or 'Th' words, words like "together" or the name 'Ruth' or even one of the most common words like "the" most times are mispronounced without using the 'Th' sound.
As to body language my culture has a lot and so much things can misinterpreted or have misinterpretations. Communication is when your being both verbal and non verbal together in natural speech. In my culture being a Trinidadian we use body language to express a lot of what we like or dislike or even in respect. As 'staring in the eyes' means a sign of respect or attention, the 'skinning up of the face' can mean you don't like what you hear rather than to what you smell.
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