Americanisation of the English language - and the selfie generation
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I was told yesterday that a colleague was on "Vacation".
Since when did anybody go on a "vacation" and when did my coffee become "Regular"?
Why can't the coffee ponce admit it's a small cup?
Don't get me started on "like". "It was, like amazing." Well was it amazing? Or did it just have a semblance of amazing?
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I grew up when people demonstrated against the government, boycotted foodstuffs and wanted to engage with life politically and socially. Modern youth blindly accept everything - the only way to get them irate would be to turn off their wifi so they can't post a picture of their own faces to their friends every five minutes.
(The Eightball Says Yes, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 11:40, 4 replies)

Totes
www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-30113313
(Roger McGough-Pipe, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 13:03, closed)

"Modern youth blindly accept everything"
If you say so...
(Porcupine, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 14:00, closed)

obviously doesn't mix with the parents of bright kids.

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 14:22, closed)

Language,
and its use, constantly evolve and mutate.
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Thu 23 Jul 2015, 20:57, closed)