http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/from-the-mouths-of-teens-422688.html
'From the mouths of teens' article.
This article is focusing on how the youths of today have changed the modern every day language. Someone heard two teens conversing on the bus and noticed that the use of slang has increased and change during the recent years. Many words used in slang have the same meaning. however, they are changed completely to now fit into the category of 'slang'. Many people older than todays adolescence, would be extremely confused if someone talked to them in this way. Following on from this, the newspaper reporter conferred in a London grammar school student, to find out about modern communication of which people use in this era. During this he translated the words like 'creps' and 'wasteman' to something that he would understand. He then explained that if you didn't know this language at his age, then you were considered 'uncool.'
Most of the language people would commonly use to speak to people, would reflect on where they originated from, for example, if you were from Buckinghamshire then you are stereotypically thought to be posh, whereas if you were from Hackney in London then you would be stereotyped to not be as well spoken and more likely to use slang. However now a days, you would follow the 'slang trends' no matter where you were from.
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