It was a day of Sunday when me and my neighbor decided to hangout and have some fun drinking beer and playing fifa. Since we are from two different cultural backgrounds we were talking about how our culture is different from one another. My neighbor is of Hispanic descent and I find his English little weird. He often uses word like “dwag”, “homeboy” instead of word like “friends” and “colleagues”. I use to get uncomfortable around people using this kind of words when I first migrated to USA because I thought it was uncommon and gangster related. This explains a lot about Language being related to culture. Since I am from a totally different culture I felt a bit unsecured at first because I felt that the way I speak English is totally different from how most of people speaks it. Language, like manners, clothing fashions, and traditions, is related to the culture of the people who use it. Characteristics of a language can reveal cultural values and norms. Language is abstract; this means that words stand for objects, people, ideas, etc., but words are not themselves the things that they represent. You can use words to refer to a wide range of objects and concepts which are not physically present. Although all verbal cues are abstract to some degrees, words can be more or less precise. For example, I first heard my neighbor referring to one of his friend as a “dwag” I thought my neighbor dislike his friend because I perceived “dwag” as “dog”. In contrast, concrete language includes references to specific events, objects, or actions. Language allows us to create an image in another person’s mind. That image is unlikely to be a perfect match to our own image, how close a match it is will depend whether communication partners attach the same meaning to verbal cues. Their background also plays a vital role. For example, their culture, society. Using concrete language may be especially helpful when you want to a