Re: Cants

Greg Johnson wrote:


> 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").
Can you gloss that??
I'm American and have never heard such a thing!!! Harumph. Of course most of
that age group tend to mind their p's and q's (or just go mute) when I'm
around (old enough to be their grandfather...........)