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Well, I'm quite drunk, and I'm also not that old, but perhaps if you're automatically equating a discussion of "strange" slang language to racism (against balck people) that is because in your experience, much of your slang arises from your black/West Indian/African American communities, then you're just being too U.K. or U.S.-centric. Sorry for sounding harsh but English slang arises from forms of English other than British or American English. Witness "Singlish" (Singapore) or even my own, Hiberno-English. Also note that plenty of U.K. slang emanates from Anglo-Asians. Anyway, doesn't slang almost always arise in what might be called marginalised communities? So really, to even try and discuss it will automatically call into play issues of class and race and therefore, without wanting to disregard these issues, might it be better to discuss it at a more theoretical level, e.g. the evolution of language and how this has occurred? And also, if someone is commenting on "youth speak" in a humourous manner, might that not signal their delight rather than their disgust, even if said "youth speak" remains largely incomprehensible to them?
Yes, I'm using my get-out-of-jail-free card, but as I said, I'm drunk, and bolshy, and I'm at home alone so there's no-one to stop me from gabbling on the internet. |
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