"Ideology saturates everyday discourse in the form of common sense" (148)
Our class discussion of the unsaid or societies common set of assumptions was very interesting. We've talked a lot about linguistics so seeing ideology at work and our learned speech effect the way we communicate is intriguing.
Different cultures, people from different locations, or even just people who are interested in different types of subjects do not share the same speech and understanding. I thought it was funny when Dr. Rog used the NASCAR example and how someone who does not know anything about NASCAR would not have any idea what he was talking about if he was to use that type of lingo. I'm on the Crew team and sometimes when I use lingo such as; "You wouldn't believe it, someone caught an ejector crab today at practice!" People who do not have knowledge about rowing have no idea what I'm talking about, and when I talk about catching crabs: "I caught a crab today at practice", they assume I mean I LITERALLY caught a living crab. When really I just mean that my oar got stuck in the water and I was unable to remove it in a timely matter therefore slowing the boat down. (There are different levels of severity, ejector crab being about the worst where the rower actually gets ejected out of the shell/boat.)
I also enjoyed the examples such as: "Don't carry an umbrella, it's lightening outside" where society uses their common sense to finish the sentence. Most people know that most umbrellas will attract lightening. Although there is usually someone who does not have the same set of assumptions and does understand.
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