Re: Cants

On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 16:41:16 -0500 Greg Johnston
<greg.johnstons@...> writes:
> Well, there's American. Not American English, not English, but
> American.
> It's the kind of speech popular with teens and young adults in the
> USA
> today, modified for the region or group. I mean, how many
> non-Americans
> can understand the meaning of "Tukir, It's off the heezy, you
> spedmonkey
> sragen!" (it's roughly "Tucker, It's great, you idiot").
but how many american teens and young adults can understand that? i'm 18
and i've never heard anything like this.

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