Re: OT: Californian and Teen Speak

On 4/14/05, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
> "B. Garcia" <madyaas@...> writes:
> > Are there features adults complain about that are common among teens
> > there (other than the obvious use of slang)?
>
> Yes, in Tyl Sjok, adults think teens don't talk 'properly'. :-)
Seems to be the pattern.  A friend of mine tells me that his
grandmother is still upset that young(er) people have come to use
"patronise" to mean "to be a patron for" instead of its older meaning
"to condescend to".  The new meaning, as I understand it, came with
the orthogonal application of "ise" to words like "hospitalise",
"traumatise", and the like.

Kris.