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Ah, the exotic linguistic innovations of the young
and hip. As we tell our students, slang is the testing laboratory of
the languague, where new words and expressions are run through their
paces and allowed to mix and match with the cannonized language. If
the new items become popular and widespread, if htey expand our pallet
of lexical shades and tones, if they make the cut, they are admitted
to the English club, entered in the dictionary, and become part of the
living language. On the other hand, the far majority of slang never
make it out of the lab, and are mercifully euthanized at the end of
the experiment.
Perhaps not surprisingly, as we work with college students
every day, the Dowbrigade is familiar with all of the terms and phrases
in today’s comic. In fact, we plan to use it with our next class,
probably sometime in the fall.
We said "Sayonara" to our latest group of wide-eyed
Asians yesterday, which is all we can say about that, as we have had
to take an
oath to never blog about our job, our students, our colleagues or especially
our employer. However, we hope it is safe to say that after 14 straight
weeks of teaching in intensive language programs, we need some down
time, and
should
get some
during the next two weeks.
Look for more interesting activity on the Dowbvrigade
News.
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