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ImSpartacus2

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Reply #15 - Sep 11^th, 2014 at 5:16pm

Jasin wrote on Sep 11^th, 2014 at 4:57pm:

Gee, if Americans are just catching onto this after its been a part of Australian language for so long... Roll Eyes

But hey: Australia originated 'Texting' with our lazy shortening of words: G'day, C'mon

And Grunge was something known as Westie back in the 70's of the Sydney Western Suburbs.

Current Generation is the: E-Generation.
E-mail
E-tag
E-way
E ...because 'E-verything' is E-lectronic now ...E-ven 'E-Cars'.

And E-clair

- for those not up with the times, an E-clair is a 21st century word for a type of pastry filled with cream and often topped with chocolate.

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Reply #16 - Sep 11^th, 2014 at 5:32pm

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 11^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

No No longie. Seriously. There came a time, I don't remember exactly, when young people were using it ALL the time.

It's not chit chat John. This is a serious socio-philosophic question, to which I urge you to turn your mind before intergenerational communication becomes significantly impaired.

IM 56 I NEVER remember a time when this wasn't true.

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Reply #17 - Sep 11^th, 2014 at 10:11pm

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 11^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

No No longie. Seriously. There came a time, I don't remember exactly, when young people were using it ALL the time.

It's not chit chat John. This is a serious socio-philosophic question, to which I urge you to turn your mind before intergenerational communication becomes significantly impaired.

Im 47 and I can't say that I have noticed it either.

But then again intergenerational communication is now impossible with the gen y and gen z using "like" half a dozen times in each sentence.

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The Right Wing only believe in free speech when they agree with what is being said.

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Reply #18 - Sep 12^th, 2014 at 10:08am

The_Barnacle wrote on Sep 11^th, 2014 at 10:11pm:

Im 47 and I can't say that I have noticed it either.

But then again intergenerational communication is now impossible with the gen y and gen z using "like" half a dozen times in each sentence.

... and the obligatory "bugger" 7 times in each sentence. Every day when school is let out at 3.00pm I have shoals of kids swanning past my place on their way home, using the most choice language as an imperative if they are not to be seen by their peers as gay or uncool.

Like, needless to say, the girls are far worse than the boys.

But.

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Reply #19 - Sep 13^th, 2014 at 1:48pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Sep 12^th, 2014 at 10:08am:

The_Barnacle wrote on Sep 11^th, 2014 at 10:11pm:

Im 47 and I can't say that I have noticed it either.

But then again intergenerational communication is now impossible with the gen y and gen z using "like" half a dozen times in each sentence.

... and the obligatory "bugger" 7 times in each sentence. Every day when school is let out at 3.00pm I have shoals of kids swanning past my place on their way home, using the most choice language as an imperative if they are not to be seen by their peers as gay or uncool.

Like, needless to say, the girls are far worse than the boys.

But.

To be fair though, absurd amounts of swearing is something teenagers have always done. It certainly happened when I was at school.

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The Right Wing only believe in free speech when they agree with what is being said.

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Reply #20 - Sep 13^th, 2014 at 1:58pm

The_Barnacle wrote on Sep 13^th, 2014 at 1:48pm:

To be fair though, absurd amounts of swearing is something teenagers have always done. It certainly happened when I was at school.

To be honest, we didn't swear much at boarding school. There was no such thing as 'a warning' for 'misbehaviour'. There was never any 'second chance'. To be caught swearing meant a caning.

I've made up for it since then, of course.

Fcukin' oath. Cool

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Reply #21 - Sep 13^th, 2014 at 2:52pm

ImSpartacus2 wrote on Sep 11^th, 2014 at 5:16pm:

Jasin wrote on Sep 11^th, 2014 at 4:57pm:

Gee, if Americans are just catching onto this after its been a part of Australian language for so long... Roll Eyes

But hey: Australia originated 'Texting' with our lazy shortening of words: G'day, C'mon

And Grunge was something known as Westie back in the 70's of the Sydney Western Suburbs.

Current Generation is the: E-Generation.
E-mail
E-tag
E-way
E ...because 'E-verything' is E-lectronic now ...E-ven 'E-Cars'.

And E-clair

- for those not up with the times, an E-clair is a 21st century word for a type of pastry filled with cream and often topped with chocolate.

e-Bowler?

eVille?

Welcome to eVille - the next stage in urban planning.... our housing grid is laid out on the eZy system so as to ensure that traveling salespersons and so forth can NEVER find you.. let alone ambulance and police when you need them - thus creating for them the eZy life! It is also eConomical to live in eVille!

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Here's a theory, knock it down. Reply #22 - Sep 13^th, 2014 at 2:54pm I can't say that we swore much when I was at school but my memory might be unreliable on this. Certainly we didn't go round using the F or C word in every other sentence.
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