Overheard conversations/monologues

Corpsey

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
I'm reading a book of V.S. Pritchett's travel writing, and one thing I like about his writing is how he notes down conversations he's overheard, and captures something of the regional characteristic use of language or just of human oddity in general.

I hate starting a thread like this without an example of my own, but I don't have one for now. I'll keep an ear out though.
 
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Corpsey

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
something of the regional characteristic use of languag
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I almost started another thread about slang, as I'm wondering if regional language use is dying out with the advent of the internet.

There's this american buzzfeedy sort of language that I've noticed younger people in the UK using - "I can't", "X is everything", etc. I guess when I was a teenager I was using americanisms, too (and probably still do).
 
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bandz ahoy
Corpsey said:
I almost started another thread about slang, as I'm wondering if regional language use is dying out with the advent of the internet.

There's this american buzzfeedy sort of language that I've noticed younger people in the UK using - "I can't", "X is everything", etc. I guess when I was a teenager I was using americanisms, too (and probably still do).
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Must be tough for kids to carve out a space for themselves when their language is instantly stolen by "on trend" brands.

"At Meryl Lynch we can't even."
 
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