Sunday, November 13, 2011

sick, brah.

slang can change any integrity of a sentence. 
"props" vs. "i commend you" take opposite stances. the latter of the two seems more professional, something an educator may say to a student.
even two different uses of slang can set different people apart.
"you are so tight" vs. "you are the cat's pajamas" suggests the first was said by a much younger person, since it is just a more current way of telling someone they are cool.... or da bomb.
any text can be transformed into some type of slang. the following in a excerpt from an assignment in my  creative writing class. this is a lax bro's version of Cinderella using their slang.  
Alright broskis, gather around. I got a story for you guys, it is absolutely unreal. It starts with this babe, Cindy. She is totally dank, a total bittie. She has pretty sick flow for being a lady but her evil mom is a big time hater. Every day she just lays that young hate on vulnerable Cindy. She isn’t the only hater, though. Living in the huge mansion with Cindy and her stepmom are her two seriously nasty looking stepsisters. They do not score well with the men. The ugly sisters are always telling Cindy, “Get in the kitchen and make me a sandwich. Then fold my laundry and make me a sandwich. Then, get me some Natty Ice’s.
pretty different from the original, huh?  even though this may not be clear to most, i'm sure if a laxer went to practice one day and told this story his teammates would understand every word. if a college professor told his rendition of the story to the lax bro, using only upper level collegiate vocabulary, there wouldn't be much comprehending by the laxer going on. this doesn't mean the bro is stupid, it just means they have a different language. well, they both speak english, but the two different stories do use completely different language. these are two extremes. sometimes slang is good, it enables a mutual understanding of something... but only if everyone is familiar with the slang term.

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