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Qs: American Jive & Street-Talk in England
Do hipsters, thugs, gangsta wanna-be's, kids and ghetto-dwellers in England use the latest American ebonics and ghetto lingo like "phat," "hood," "bounce," dawg" "SUP" and "hoe" (sp.)? What about older words and expressions that became widespread in the '80s like "word up," "chillin'," "home slice," "homie," "homeboy" and "fly"? If so, how well-known are words and expressions like the above known to your average man on the street over there? Thanks again.
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[nq:1]Do hipsters, thugs, gangsta wanna-be's, kids and ghetto-dwellers in England use the latest American ebonics and ghetto lingo like "phat," ... well-known are words and expressions like the above known to your average man on the street over there? [/nq] Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this!
- [nq:1]Do hipsters, thugs, gangsta wanna-be's, kids and ghetto-dwellers in England use the latest American ebonics and ghetto lingo like "phat," ...
- well-known are words and expressions like the above known to your average man on the street over there?
- [/nq] Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this!
- Cece
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[nq:1]Do hipsters, thugs, gangsta wanna-be's, kids and ghetto-dwellers in England use the latest American ebonics and ghetto lingo like "phat," ... well-known are words and expressions like the above known to your average man on the street over there? Thanks again.[/nq]
Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this!
Cece
Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this!
Cece
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[nq:2]Do hipsters, thugs, gangsta wanna-be's, kids and ghetto-dwellers inEngland use ... your average man on the street over there? Thanks again.[/nq]
[nq:1]Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this! Cece[/nq]
Modern American teenage language really scares me. I'm 64, not a "perfect Grammarian" but I try to follow the rules taught to me in school.
When I hear mispronou
[nq:1]Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this! Cece[/nq]
Modern American teenage language really scares me. I'm 64, not a "perfect Grammarian" but I try to follow the rules taught to me in school.
When I hear mispronou
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[nq:1]Modern American teenage language really scares me. I'm 64, not a "perfect Grammarian" but I try to follow the rules ... language. On "American Idol" last week, Randy Jackson (a judge) offered that a contestants performance was "AA..ii..ttt". Translation? "Alright". Scary..[/nq]
Why is it "scary"?
Because you don't understand it?
Because it wasn't taught to you in the Golden Age o
Why is it "scary"?
Because you don't understand it?
Because it wasn't taught to you in the Golden Age o
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[nq:2]Modern American teenage language really scares me. I'm 64, not ... offered that a contestants performance was "AA..ii..ttt". Translation? "Alright". Scary..[/nq]
[nq:1]Why is it "scary"? Because you don't understand it? Because it wasn't taught to you in the Golden Age of ... you are unfamiliar with? Because the example you gave is translated as "alright", itself a form some would consid
[nq:1]Why is it "scary"? Because you don't understand it? Because it wasn't taught to you in the Golden Age of ... you are unfamiliar with? Because the example you gave is translated as "alright", itself a form some would consid
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[nq:1]England use "bounce," became "homie," like the[/nq]
[nq:2]Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this! Cece[/nq]
[nq:1]Modern American teenage language really scares me. I'm 64, not a "perfect Grammarian" but I try to follow the rules ... On "American Idol" last week, Randy Jackson (a judge) offered that a contestants performance was "AA..ii..ttt". Translation? "Alrigh
[nq:2]Maybe I'm not an average American; I don't understand this! Cece[/nq]
[nq:1]Modern American teenage language really scares me. I'm 64, not a "perfect Grammarian" but I try to follow the rules ... On "American Idol" last week, Randy Jackson (a judge) offered that a contestants performance was "AA..ii..ttt". Translation? "Alrigh
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[nq:1]Do hipsters, thugs, gangsta wanna-be's, kids and ghetto-dwellers inEngland use the latest American ebonics and ghetto lingo like "phat," "hood,""bounce," ... how well-known are words and expressions likethe above known to your average man on the street over there? Thanks again.[/nq]
As a "beyond-middle-age" speaker of AmE, I find most of these words rare, strange, and even suspect in ori
As a "beyond-middle-age" speaker of AmE, I find most of these words rare, strange, and even suspect in ori
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[nq:2]Why is it "scary"? Because you don't understand it? Because ... translated as "alright", itself a form some would consider 'wrong'?[/nq]
[nq:1]Don't understand it? Probably. But more importantly, I don't see the need for it. We have a language that is ... Age. Probably true. Those that consider "alright" wrong would also have to agree that it is a generally accepted usage.[/nq]
Okay,
[nq:1]Don't understand it? Probably. But more importantly, I don't see the need for it. We have a language that is ... Age. Probably true. Those that consider "alright" wrong would also have to agree that it is a generally accepted usage.[/nq]
Okay,
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[nq:2]Don't understand it? Probably. But more importantly, I don't see ... have to agree that it is a generally accepted usage.[/nq]
[nq:1]Okay, so you find it unnecessary and therefore superfluous to any real need. But why "scary"? What possible threat could ... charges, who in most cases do not come already equipped withit." Language: The Basics , RL Trask (1999)[/nq]
Perhaps "scary" was
[nq:1]Okay, so you find it unnecessary and therefore superfluous to any real need. But why "scary"? What possible threat could ... charges, who in most cases do not come already equipped withit." Language: The Basics , RL Trask (1999)[/nq]
Perhaps "scary" was
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[nq:1]I think you meant "mispronunciation". ;-) If you are referring to the episode of American Idol that had the second batch of 8 finalists "singing", then Randy Jackson's style of speech isthe last thing I would complain about. Most of the performances were terrible. [/nq]
Yes Peter, I did mean "mispronunciation". I'm usually more careful with spelling.
I had given up on getting any goo
Yes Peter, I did mean "mispronunciation". I'm usually more careful with spelling.
I had given up on getting any goo
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I agree about the two girls.
I tape the show and then watch it with a hovering finger alternating between the play and the fast forward buttons.
Peter Duncanson
UK
(posting from a.e.u)
I tape the show and then watch it with a hovering finger alternating between the play and the fast forward buttons.
Peter Duncanson
UK
(posting from a.e.u)
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