In "They Say I Say" chapter nine talks about incorporating our own voice into our essays according to our audiences. It says that "academic writing can be relaxed, easy to follow, and even a little bit fun" (121). Writing shouldn't always be formal and it would be more interesting for the reader to read. It also points out that it depends who the reader is and the purpose to decide whether writing in our own voice would be appropriate.
Chapter nine was one of my favorite chapters, only because it was a little humorous! I laughed at certain parts. My favorite part was the example given by Geneva Smitherman on page 125 when she talks about Black Americans. Her humor was when she used phrases such as "people who done gone to school and read all dem books and still don't know nothin!" and "verbal strategy for black rappers to talk about how bad they is". I thought this was funny because she wrote in "oral tradition" which made it very interesting to read and funny. And as of today's "rappers" it connected they two points she was making.
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