Re: Cants

Robert Wilson wrote:
> 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.
I'm similarly mystified. The only part I've heard before is "off the
heezy", and even then I've only heard it jokingly, from people making
fun of slang.

I'm not even sure about the "translation"...is the person being
addressed named Tucker?