I have noticed that allot of teenagers today don't speak correct English....?

Question

I notice that words are made plural by mistake, words are not pronounced correctly, many new-age words have been created, etc ..... I think that this would make it difficult in school,when writing a paper, is it?

Obviously threre is freedom of speech.... but it seems that communication becomes difficult to understand. Do you think that the english language and the correct way of speaking has changed in the last ten years?

(Who knows even I, in this question may not use correct english. )

Answer 1

I also notice that there are new words and sayings that teenagers and other young people (including myself as a 23 year old) use that did not exist even 10 years ago. For instance, LOL for laughing out loud. The saying may have existed, but it had never been shortened to three little letters before.

In addition, many words that are common now were thought of as vulgar in the past.
Also, each year words are added to the dictionary.

So, my short answer to your question of "Do you think that the english language and the correct way of speaking has changed in the last ten years?" is "Yes."

Answer 2

I agree with you. The true problem seems to be both the Internet and slang imitation. Lets face it, Internet slang, from chat rooms and other places, is making its way into mainstream speech. There is also the introduction of (excuse the term i made up but it gets the idea across) "ghetto-ese" and similar slang from music and pop culture. I know that I dont always use proper english, however I also dont stray quite as far from it as others. In another 20 years or so, there may not be a "proper" english

Answer 3

Well, it's not just teenagers, it's everyone.

Aside from that, English is a very fluid language that changes very easily with its usage and abusage. There's no institution to proscribe what the language should sound or look like, like there is with French or Spanish, so it often reflects trends more easily. I think that makes English pretty cool, actually, and it's probably a small part of the reason why so many people pick it up during their lives (obviously a very small, probably unconscious part :) ).

Answer 4

there is no such thing as a correct or incorrect way to speak. two hundred years ago the word "you" was only used in the plural. using it for the singular is a relatively new thing. two hundred years it would've been considered "incorrect" to you the word "you" in this fashion. --- but if i were to walk around using the words "thou" and "thee", people would say that i'm speaking an obsolete form of english. --- so then if "the kids today" start using new words, who's to say that their way isn't correct and that your way isn't obsolete????

i read this thing once in a non-fiction book. (i forget which book. i read a lot of books about language.) and there were quotes of people in the 1950's saying things like "english is decaying. it's not like how it was 50 years ago." --- and then it gave quotes from the early 1900's that said the same thing. and then it gave quotes like this from the 1800's, and the 1700's, and the 1600's.

see????? it's an illusion. language is never decaying. it's just always evolving. all 6,000 languages have complaints from the biased elitists who speak them.

Answer 5

Good question. I believe that languages and cultures are always evolving and changing. It has been said that the only thing stable in life is change. If we heard someone from the xv century speak our language we probably would not understand and vice versa. I dont know what we would sound like in comparison to the speakers of the future. Change will continue indefinitely.

Answer 6

I think it would be a bit difficult to write a school paper. Me personally having to correct one of my fellow classmates papers throughout the year.

Answer 7

It's not ONLY teeangers, although many of us do decide to use "slang terms". This only occurs when we are talking to close friends, most of the time. When we are required to write essays, correct grammar and spelling are highly important.

Answer 8

I think there are changes happening, despite the efforts of public schooling.

For example, my sister, who is fifteen, has to ask me to check over her grammar and spelling in everything she writes for English or other subjects.

Answer 9

a lot is two words and you don't double the "l" . . the government is too busy spending money on wars we don't need so the education budget is in the toilet . . for someone like Bush, education is unimportant, he himself is practically illiterate(despite having access to the BEST education in the world) Don't you feel sorry for America???

Answer 10

i've noticed that people are unaware of the fundamentally evolutionary nature of language.

there is very little than anyone says that i can't understand. maybe you'll need to learn about different modern english dialects.