Multiple Englishes In Amy Tan's Life

Amy Tan has multiple Englishes in her life, which allows her to do different things in her life. Amy’s two main Englishes are the language of her mother, and Standard American English. She has to use her Standard American English to help her mother at times, which is humiliating for her. Not only does she have Standard American English, but the English of her mother that her friends cannot understand which is embarrassing for her. Everyone uses multiple Englishes in their lives including me, and I use them with friends, family, and my girlfriend.
Talking with my best friend is a one of a kind. If anyone heard my best friend and me conversing, people would wonder what we are saying. The main difference between our English and the Standard American

English is that we base a lot of our conversation dealing with motors, snowmobiles, and cars. An example of our language is if a car or snowmobile is going super-fast, we say, “That car has it raped out.” We do not just say that to things with motors, but also to anything, such as people walking fast down a hall. We talk like this all the time, and sometimes we do it more than we should be and we confuse ourselves. Conversing with my best friend is always hilarious, and everywhere we go we always talk our special English.
Conversing with my girlfriend has its own style of English because we are joking and messing around with each other all the time. An example of this is if she says, “That dog is not very nice.” I would say, “You are not very nice.” We always know we are joking around, and as you can imagine sometimes the jokes can end up be somewhat mean, but we always know it is a joke. We joke with each other like this every time we are together, and even when we are texting. Whenever the opportunity comes to make a joke like this is where we use our special English.
Having multiple Englishes does not mean they are all spoken Englishes. My third type of English is one I use with my brother when I am snapchatting or texting him. I do not really know what kind of English you would call it; it must just be a brother thing. When I am snapchatting or texting my brother we both just say the most random things, and that is how we start conversations. An example of this of us snapchatting would be, I take a picture of a wall, and I say, “Wall.” It may seem weird, but then he will say something weird back like, “desk” until we start conversing about something half way normal. My brother and I are always talking in some way, mostly snapchatting, because he has his own house and I do not see him often. Him and I snapchat everywhere we go including: school, stores, work, and more.
Learning that everyone has different, Englishes does not mean all of them are speaking Englishes. Some English can be used while texting or snapchatting. Lastly, Amy Tan’s friends could not understand her mother, and that is no reason to be embarrassed. Everyone has their own Englishes they speak whether it is spoken or written.