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Urban   

Hayat* that sentence is not slang, it's just text speak which I agree is very annoying.

 

Faheema's post on the other hand.. :D

 

slang example

ngonge: safe norf

norf: yes yes.. what u sayin

ngonge: chillin lad, u

norf: just dossin around

ngonge: seen.. i'm goin to JB's yard, u comin?

norf: nah i got bare sh!t to do for tomrrow

ngonge: alright i'll bell you later

norf: safe

norf: in a bit

 

Keep that butter knife away :D

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Pujah   

Nayaa i kp clln u bt ur fne keepz syin itz off...jst syin hi tke cre

That's not slang Hayat it's called text speak.

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Oz   

Hayat,

 

I sometimes have the same problem has you. I can neither stand or comprehend text messages like that. However I recently became familiar with that way of writing. Sometimes it is best to avoid it. I say, delete the text messages and just call your friend. :D Good luck.

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Hayat   

urban, Pujah, slang can come in many forms,

 

slang in my opinion is anything that deviates from conventional speech. Not convinced.....

 

"Few linguists have endeavored to clearly define what constitutes slang.[1] Attempting to remedy this, Bethany K. Dumas and Jonathan Lighter argue that an expression should be considered "true slang" if it meets at least two of the following criteria:

 

It lowers, if temporarily, "the dignity of formal or serious speech or writing"; in other words, it is likely to be seen in such contexts as a "glaring misuse of register."

 

Its use implies that the user is familiar with whatever is referred to, or with a group of people that are familiar with it and use the term.

"It is a taboo term in ordinary discourse with people of a higher social status or greater responsibility."

It replaces "a well known conventional synonym." This is done primarily to avoid "the discomfort caused by the conventional item [or by] further elaboration."[1]

 

for further clearance, "in linguistics, a register is a subset of a language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting"

 

 

By the way, sometimes when i am reading the texts, i swear it sounds like slang. for example "how u doin?". she also says it like in that american slang form. so its still practically slang!

 

 

lol @ stoic and Oz.

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N.O.R.F   

Originally posted by Urban:

 

slang example

ngonge: safe norf

norf: yes yes.. what u sayin

ngonge: chillin lad, u

norf: just dossin around

ngonge: seen.. i'm goin to JB's yard, u comin?

norf: nah i got bare sh!t to do for tomrrow

ngonge: alright i'll bell you later

norf: safe

norf: in a bit

Change 'dossing around' to 'chillin' and 'in a bit' to 'peace' and that was me back in the day :D

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Nephissa   

I can understand slang. What really gets me is when people type like this.

 

ThIs JuSt GeTs On My NeRvEs!!!!!!! CaN't PeOpLe WrItE nOrMaL?

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Naomi_B   

Forget text speak ( cuz I do that myself) how about grown *** men approaching you saying;(not to me lol)

"WAAM B Wat u sayin, wat u on 2night..."

and many other words chucked in such as:

FAMO, B, SKEEN, PENG (this one cracks me up),BLUD, ALIE

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