Who can keep track what with all the shenanigans and goings-on?
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
What do you think of people who are generally bothered by slang?
- Thread starter Spring-Loaded
- Start date
Who can keep track what with all the shenanigans and goings-on?
There's a place and a time for everything. I prefer talking my native dialect, slang and all, but I do change it up when needed, talk more slowly so the Viennese understand me, or talk with proper pronounciation and grammar when in a formal setting.
Variety is the spice of life, and just like clothes, language changes.
Variety is the spice of life, and just like clothes, language changes.
I don't mind German and French slang (except for "krass"). Slang from the UK is okay too. I generally don't like American slang, I irrationally hate "what's up" because it's so stupidly vague, are you asking me how am I doing? What am I doing? What's going on? I don't know. Every single U.S American I have ever met has used this with me.
The examples of slang in this thread are the ones of old people trying to immitate them. Keep it up grandpa's!
I have a lot of local slang I use in real life. People on this forum over-using twitter slang is not only so unbelievably cringey, it also becomes obnoxious.
I'm a logophile. I have journals filled with words, definitions and examples sentences. I write down new words at least ten times a day. So my vocabulary is probably larger than the average person's.
Now, some people would use this to talk down on others/show off how brilliant they are, but not me. I just like words and have no desire to police someone else's vocabulary. Hell, I actually love slang! Merriam-Webster and Urban Dictionary are two of my most visited sites lol.
Now, some people would use this to talk down on others/show off how brilliant they are, but not me. I just like words and have no desire to police someone else's vocabulary. Hell, I actually love slang! Merriam-Webster and Urban Dictionary are two of my most visited sites lol.
Depends on the slang and the context. If you're doing a business presentation and using the words "lit" and "hella" you are going to get some raised eyebrows and cringes
Plenty of older slang stuff has entered mainstream language patterns. I don't think people were casually using the word "awesome" a hundred years ago
I consider "wicked" a universally accepted slang term because I'm a feckin masshole
Plenty of older slang stuff has entered mainstream language patterns. I don't think people were casually using the word "awesome" a hundred years ago
I consider "wicked" a universally accepted slang term because I'm a feckin masshole
What if I use the grammatically correct form "Heller"
The ones who I have met are kinda racist I think
If im not at work or in a setting where I'm expected to be professional I don't care if you can't understand me guess we just won't be talking much
If you are an older person I can understand but if you are younger than 40 and botherd by slang then you live in a bubble or are racist
If im not at work or in a setting where I'm expected to be professional I don't care if you can't understand me guess we just won't be talking much
If you are an older person I can understand but if you are younger than 40 and botherd by slang then you live in a bubble or are racist
When my neice says something with slang I tell her I'm old and have her explain it to me. I'm always entertained at the meaning of whatever is in at the time.
No issue with slang itself, but I do roll my eyes at people who try waaay too hard to sound hip. Half of my white coworkers come to mind. "Guuuuuurl, it was lit, bae."
It's like watching someone try to fit a cylinder into a triangle shaped hole.
If it comes natural, you do you, but I get annoyed at the people trying so hard to fit in.
As for the people who get annoyed about slang in general, curmudgeons.
It's like watching someone try to fit a cylinder into a triangle shaped hole.
If it comes natural, you do you, but I get annoyed at the people trying so hard to fit in.
As for the people who get annoyed about slang in general, curmudgeons.
I've never heard someone say "h" "m" "u" that sounds insane. Anyone saying "f" "m" "l" I just assume is a nerd and it stops bothering me.
Use depends on who I'm with and what I'm talking about, although I don't like using it regularly. Still seeps into my everyday speech
People that hate slang? Oh well
The worst is when slang is exaggerated though, if you're forcing it, of course it will sound terrible
People that hate slang? Oh well
The worst is when slang is exaggerated though, if you're forcing it, of course it will sound terrible
I say "l" "o" "l" in real life all the time
it's heavily context sensitive though
i'm only bothered by slang when it's obviously not the way you typically speak
to anyone who grows up with it, it's extremely obvious and you aren't fooling anyone
just speak regular bro
I'm an English teacher so...
There's a time and a place. You need to be able to express yourself and your thoughts in a more formal setting where people don't come from the same background as you. In that case, you're going to need to know how to properly use standard English. If you're trying to express yourself and communicate with your friends and family, then slang might be more appropriate.
There's a time and a place. You need to be able to express yourself and your thoughts in a more formal setting where people don't come from the same background as you. In that case, you're going to need to know how to properly use standard English. If you're trying to express yourself and communicate with your friends and family, then slang might be more appropriate.
This is me. I'm 32, and if someone speaks to me saying things like "lit" or "bae" or whatever the trendy words are at the time I know to not take them seriously at all. It doesn't make me angry or anything like that, but one's verbal skill is the first thing I notice about maturity level.
This goes beyond slang, though. Like you mentioned with the clothing. Actually kicked a guy out of my establishment last night because he refused to pull his pants up. Sorry man, nobody wants to see your ass and if you give constant attitude after many warnings you are gone. Grow up, come back and try again with your pants around your waste instead of your knees.
I guess you could look at me as stuck up or a prude. I'm ok with that.
I'm not cool enough to know how to use slang in most cases. Everybody should be who or what they want to be. It doesn't bother me, unless every other word in unintelligible to me.
I think it's either cornballs or racists, every time.
Point proven.
Point proven.
ITT Posters with pipes up their assholes assume they posses a higher intelligence level because someone uses slang. Never taking account that someone may have the ability switch between formal English and Slang at will.
Unsurprised in the least.
Cornballs of the highest order
Unsurprised in the least.
Cornballs of the highest order
It's a children's hospital. I can't be having naked asses showing on the main floor of a children's hospital. Sorry if you disagree with that.
persons of authority should refrain from ever using slang, especially border control officers, airport personnel and cops.
judges and lawyers should never ever use slang, ever
judges and lawyers should never ever use slang, ever
Don't even have to go that far.
Ask them how they feel about
Dude.
Bro
Pal
Buddy
Things like Ol Yeller and a bunch of shit country folk say....
Those don't count as slang though....
Because white people created that. It's proper. Slang is what the colored folk say...
and what we bend over backwards to appropriate and use for ourselves
Listen geez, you can't be given blokes a dirty butcher's for how they rabbit, not on the jekyll, not for a bubble.
Got that, me old China?
Got that, me old China?
If you hate slang but use a bunch of white slang like
Pal
Bud
Dude
Jeez
Etc then you already know what it really is.
Proper = White ppl made it up.
Pal
Bud
Dude
Jeez
Etc then you already know what it really is.
Proper = White ppl made it up.
As I get older, I notice some of my friends (and sometimes myself though I try to catch myself) being less "tolerant" to new ideas. Not just slang, things like selfies or twitch streaming or instagram influencers. When we were younger, the default reaction was - 'oh that's cool, let's check it out'. Whereas now the default reaction seems to be 'what is this new thing I have to deal with'. Maybe as we get older, we are just less comfortable not knowing something and accepting it? Like our capacity to accept or acknowledge something new is frozen at a point in time as we grow older.
I do not think much about "them", as I dislike slang as well. The use of textbook language makes written and spoken language more intelligible and this is the ultimate goal of communication, so I see no value in slang. I always prefer clean language.
Well, on the other hand, I do not care about etiquette (mostly) or clothing (at all) though, because there is no practicle reason to. I do not see how it affects me if someone wears clothing I may not find aesthetically pleasing. I am affected though if someone uses language that is harder to understand without having the benefit of being more precise (i.e. it's fine iff it is jargon).
Last edited:
Mad suss.
Probably the same people that couldn't relate to CJ in San Andreas but relate to mythical beings in other games and find '1,000' year old anime dragons attractive.
Probably the same people that couldn't relate to CJ in San Andreas but relate to mythical beings in other games and find '1,000' year old anime dragons attractive.
Slang is fine. The handful of threads on ERA where people have lost their shit because other people weren't personally familiar with their slang were embarrassing though.
I obviously find myself less and less in tune with new slang as I get older, but I don't feel personally attacked by my lack of understanding. I just ask what it means and move on.
I obviously find myself less and less in tune with new slang as I get older, but I don't feel personally attacked by my lack of understanding. I just ask what it means and move on.