How do we work?

Once every few weeks a new topic will be displayed on the blog. Young people, ages 5 - 96, will submit their responses. Student writing will be posted as it is received. Know someone that would love to contribute? Pass the word.

Blog #14 Topic Choices:
Write about a place or an aspect of New Orleans that has influenced you OR use the words "Escaping the heat/to get out of the heat..." of New Orleans.

Submission Logistics: Submissions should be in response to the blog topic. Poetry and prose, up to 500 words in length, should be emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment. Emails should include author’s first name, age, and School.

Submissions can be sent to: youngneworleanswritingtogether@gmail.com
Submission due date: May 31st, 2012 @ 5pm

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Brittany - NOLA Greetings

Down in New Orleans, it is common for a complete stranger to say “Where y’at?”This commonly
means “How are you?” It is an act of someone being nice or concerned or just too simply start
conversation. One of the best aspects of New Orleans is how we can all have this common saying that
only we understand. When travelling to areas outside of southern Louisiana, it feels like something is
missing when a stranger asks, “How are you?” We understand what the stranger is asking, but it doesn’t
feel right. The saying “Where y’at?” reminds me of home and is something that links us together.

Brittany, age 17
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