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Re: Cants

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Thursday, December 11, 2003, 16:29
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...........)