h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Entry: How teenagers communicate. - A3082862
Author: WillFinnigan - U943965

There are tons of different local dialects so I dunno how we can put them in but oh well.

Any ideas plz! This is the 1st 1 of these ive done so sorry in advance.

I'm an American teenager, so in the hopes of lending some new, international depth to your entry, here are some ideas:

What other words (other than "like") seem to be common to all teenagers? (things like "cool," or equivalents thereof)

What regional varieties of teenage slang are there? (for example, in New England, people tend to use the word "wicked," something I've never heard anywhere else. There's also the difference between American and British words-- you could just pick a few examples; no need to list them all)

And even, what sorts of profanity/insults are used among teenagers (like actual ****'d words, and expressions that are derogatory to people of certain races/religions/sexual orientations)

Maybe a teenagespeak/normalspeak glossary?

And also, we want to brush up your grammar a bit (I'm rather good at that) and put the whole thing in GuideML with some good organisation.

Hope this helps you expand! I'll see what specific words/expressions I can think of also.

Not so long ago, I'd have been fuming about the generalisations and stereotypes that only the mainstream could imagine to be valid.

However, I recently turned 20, so what do I care?

I occasionally tend to get offended when people present these sorts of stereotypes, but as an amateur linguist I end up, in fact, creating several myself in my little 'studies'. At my school all the 12th graders have to do these huge projects, 'Senior Exhibitions', and when I get there in a few years I plan to do mine on high school sociolinguistics. It should be fun.