Do you use slang words/phrases?

[decebal]

My most used words in real life are "dude" and "man".

 

Those are slangs, I believe.

[Abc1230]

Yeah <-- Slang word?

[atronic92]

Fairly sure that was a joke, but my grammar senses are tingling.

 

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and it sounds silly because nobody doesn't use slang"

Should be

 

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and it sounds silly, since nobody refrains from slang whilst speaking it."

Or

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and it sounds silly, because nobody speaks Finnish without using slang."

Or

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and I sound silly because, in Finnish, everyone uses slang."

 

I think.

 

Well, no, it's:

 

"When I speak Finnish, I speak like a book, and it sounds silly because everybody uses slang."

[The Runar]

When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and it sounds silly because nobody doesn't use slang in Finnish.

 

I know one guy who doesn't use any slang words. He's 100% Finnish, so I can't understand why he does that. It sounds so funny when someone speaks Finnish without slang. Like a robot or something.

 

I think the reason everyone uses slang while speaking Finnish is that most words are slow (or hard) to spell.

[AndyPandy]

Apart from Gonna rather than Going To I don't think I use any slang at all...

 

However I know that a Britsh person can say I got completely [insert almost any word]ed last night and other British people will know what they mean they got Trashed, Battered, Brollyed, Slaughtered, Wasted, Gazeboed, Whacked, Booked, Penned, Gattered, Smashed, Gashed...strangely the one word is doesn't work with is Drunk itself.

 

Michael McIntyre?

 

And yeah, I use slang.

[Diesel]

I love the confusion caused by pop/soda. I was in Philadelphia once and asked a waiter what kind of "pop" they had. She had no idea what I was talking about.

 

Apparently it's a regional thing, so I guess "pop" is slang.

 

Another regional slang is asking "please?" when you want someone to repeat what they said or when you didn't hear them.

 

EDIT: I found a picture of the distribution of people who use pop/soda/coke

 

 

green - pop

blue - soda

red - coke

pink - other

[Alg]

I probably use hella slang. Hard to tell what's slang and what isn't because I use it so often.

:lol:

"Hella" used for teh lolz, I don't actually say that much.

[Abc1230]

I love the confusion caused by pop/soda. I was in Philadelphia once and asked a waiter what kind of "pop" they had. She had no idea what I was talking about.

 

Apparently it's a regional thing, so I guess "pop" is slang.

 

Another regional slang is asking "please?" when you want someone to repeat what they said or when you didn't hear them.

 

EDIT: I found a picture of the distribution of people who use pop/soda/coke

 

 

green - pop

blue - soda

red - coke

pink - other

I was under the impression that everybody said soda :o

[ThurinEthir]

 

green - pop

blue - soda

red - coke

pink - other

I have to wonder what this "other" name used around Boston is...Probably soda with an accent or something.

I don't use a wicked lot of slang. Or do I? (Is "rotary" really not used that much elsewhere?)

[Diesel]

 

green - pop

blue - soda

red - coke

pink - other

I have to wonder what this "other" name used around Boston is...Probably soda with an accent or something.

I don't use a wicked lot of slang. Or do I? (Is "rotary" really not used that much elsewhere?)

 

I was thinking cola.

[i_love_burritos]

Fo' shizzle.

[mcneilp]

Was having a listen through some of my Billy Connolly stuff and remember about this. Its his take on the crucifiction story as if it was in Glasgow. Quite a good example of scottish slang, my english flatmate only understood about 3/4 of it lol.

[ThurinEthir]

I have to wonder what this "other" name used around Boston is...Probably soda with an accent or something.

I don't use a wicked lot of slang. Or do I? (Is "rotary" really not used that much elsewhere?)

 

I was thinking cola.

Really? Well, I usually hear soda.

And I forgot about the other half of me. When speaking Chinese I apparently use Taiwanese slang.

[Diesel]

I have to wonder what this "other" name used around Boston is...Probably soda with an accent or something.

I don't use a wicked lot of slang. Or do I? (Is "rotary" really not used that much elsewhere?)

 

I was thinking cola.

Really? Well, I usually hear soda.

 

That was really just a guess. Everything other than pop sounds foreign to me since I grew up saying it.

[The Dark Lord]

I love the confusion caused by pop/soda. I was in Philadelphia once and asked a waiter what kind of "pop" they had. She had no idea what I was talking about.

 

Apparently it's a regional thing, so I guess "pop" is slang.

 

Another regional slang is asking "please?" when you want someone to repeat what they said or when you didn't hear them.

 

EDIT: I found a picture of the distribution of people who use pop/soda/coke

 

 

green - pop

blue - soda

red - coke

pink - other

 

The other is 'pepsi'.

[hohto]

Depends really on the language.

 

I quite rarely use slang words when I speak or write English. Of course I might use some ones here and there. With swedish I use so much slang that it's unbelievable. I basically speak old helsinkislang and the "sweden's swedish" speaker most likely won't really understand it. Add in the thing that we mix up finnish and english words in and you got something that forces me to use english in most cases when I speak with native swedish speakers. With finnish... well lets just say I speak a lot of the oldish helsinkislang when I'm speaking but when I'm writing something, I never use slang.

[tripsis]

Fairly sure that was a joke, but my grammar senses are tingling.

 

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and it sounds silly because nobody doesn't use slang"

Should be

 

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and it sounds silly, since nobody refrains from slang whilst speaking it."

Or

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and it sounds silly, because nobody speaks Finnish without using slang."

Or

"When I speak Finnish (Incredibly rare) I speak like a book and I sound silly because, in Finnish, everyone uses slang."

 

I think.

 

Well, no, it's:

 

"When I speak Finnish, I speak like a book, and it sounds silly because everybody uses slang."

That's what I was going to suggest :P

 

And about the whole pop/soda/coke conversation, I've always said "soda" but if someone says "pop" I would know perfectly well what the mean (though I might be a bit taken back since nobody uses that term here in California).

[archimage_a]

"When I speak Finnish, I speak like a book, and it sounds silly because everybody uses slang."

 

Actually you don't need the second comma, since it is followed by the word 'and'. Thus, if you removed the clause, as you can do with clauses, you would get an incorrect sentance. IE.

When I speak Finnish and it sounds silly because everyone uses slang.

 

Now follows the the 17 reasons why:

 

1)It is not an instuction to pause at this point, since pausing at this point should specifically be a full stop or a semicolon and the 'and' should be removed, since they are otherwise complete sentance.

 

2)You couldn't be using it as an introduction, since you are already two clauses into the sentance.

 

3)If you removed the clause, as you can do with clauses, you would get an incorrect sentance. IE.

When I speak Finnish and it sounds silly because everyone uses slang.

 

4)Its not before direct speech

 

5)Its not an address

 

6)It is not either side of a parenthetical phrase or clause.

 

7)Its not a list of items.

 

8)It is not a large number

 

9)It is not a non-restrictive clause

 

10)It is not before or after an appositive.

 

11)It is not between a dependant clause and an independant clause. The first comma is an example of this though.

 

12)It is not a consecutive adjective

 

13)In front of a a conjunctive which links two independant clauses. Since you can almost never start a sentance with 'And' it is not an independant sentance.

Unless you are a fan of the serial comma. But even then you are not introducing a new idea, since you are expanding on the point that you sound like you reading from a book.

 

14)You have not omitted a word

 

15)You are not emphasising a verb

 

16)You are not opening or closing a written letter

 

17)It is not before the word 'too' when it means 'also'

 

 

Thus it should be:

 

"When I speak Finnish, which is rarely, I speak too formally - like I am reading the words from a book. I think his sounds silly, since everyone, in Finland, uses slang."

First and second comma indicate a parenthetical clause. The dash to introduce an additional piece of information. The full stop to seperate two sentances, though they could be joined it would be messy. The third comma opens a second clause. The forth and fifth comma indicates a parenthetical clause, since there is the need to be specific.

Or

"When I speak Finnish I speak too formally and it sounds silly; everyone in Finland uses slang."

The semicolon shows there is a link between the two points, even though tehy are both complete sentances.

Or, if I was going to write it.

"In Finland everyone uses slang, so when I speak, in my formal tone, I sound silly."

First comma indicates a conjunctive, followed by a new idea. Second and third comma indicates a parenthetical clause.

[decebal]

I usa all 3 for different things:

 

Coke: The "darker" drink

Soda: The "uncoloured, unflavoured" drink.

Pop: The "coloured" drink.

[JeremyM]

Practically everyone in my school, including myself, uses slang hourly.

 

The most commonly used slang words would probably be "chate" and "deezin"

[Distracted]

Meh, I don't think a lot of people don't use slang in regular life, unless they're talking with someone above them (in rank).

 

Also, Archi, is it possible that there are some spelling mistakes in that huge posts? For example, shouldn't it be sentence and not sentance?

[Death]

My family refers to microwaving something as "nuking it". I never really noticed how odd it sounded until my friend pointed it out.

[stevepole]

And about the whole pop/soda/coke conversation, I've always said "soda" but if someone says "pop" I would know perfectly well what the mean (though I might be a bit taken back since nobody uses that term here in California).

 

I found an interesting map of the united states displaying who says what:

 

 

Growing up in Washington I generally call it pop but most often I'll ask for a cola or pepsi (or coke I suppose) to be most clear.

[Maleficus1055]

I live in California so I say dude way too much.

[Giordano]

I live in California so I say dude way too much.

You know what, after I read this thread I payed attention to what I said...and I do say dude way too much. >_>