Changes

156 bytes added ,  03:05, December 2, 2009
no edit summary
Line 1: Line 1: −
'''Street slang''' is a common argot used by many youth and members of minority subculturres to express specific sentiment not easily encapsulated by the conventional english language.
+
'''Street slang''' is a common argot used by many youth and members of minority subcultures to express specific sentiment not easily encapsulated by the standard English language.
−
Common Examples of street slang include:
+
Common examples of street slang include:
−
*Vato (used by hispanic immigrants in gangs),
+
*Vato (used by Hispanic immigrants in gangs),
 
*Homie,
 
*Homie,
 
*Holla,
 
*Holla,
Line 7: Line 7:  
*Ragsnaozzle Gus Gus,
 
*Ragsnaozzle Gus Gus,
 
*Home Dawg, and many others.
 
*Home Dawg, and many others.
−
[[Barack Obama]]'s use of such language and familiarity with such patios was one of the key aspects of his identity politics based campaign.<ref>Many linguist's view street slang as destructive influence on society, as it degrades communication skills among disadvantaged youth, encouraging subpar communication.</ref>
+
[[Barack Obama]]'s use of such language and familiarity with such patois was one of the key aspects of the identity politics on which his campaign was based.<ref>Many linguists view street slang as destructive influence on society, as it degrades communication skills among disadvantaged youth, encouraging subpar communication.</ref> However, some [[liberal]]s defend it as just another variety of language, as capable as any other of expressing what its users need to express.
    
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
 
[[Category:Linguistics]]
 
[[Category:Linguistics]]
1,641

edits