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Originally Posted by New Brisavoine
That's a bit old-fashioned now. France's French slang has a way of evolving extremely rapidly. Slang words or ways of saying things that were very popular 20 or 30 years ago now make you sound old if you still use them. Young people in Paris these days speak a language that simply didn't exist 20 years ago. This is much less true in English, where I find slang tends to remain more over time.
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Honestly not sure I agree with this at all. I don’t think there’s a language that develops slang as fast as English. This is prob due to the huge reach it has as a lot of slang straight up comes from other languages.I always say to my students that slang and standard English are essentially 2 different languages.
Since I’m still at the age where it’s acceptable to use as much slang as I want I’ll give an example of a conversation I had with a friend. This is the evolution of mostly Toronto slang in the last 10 or so years.
M: Yo wagwan fam tryna link styll? It’s been a min
Bro: Wallah mans was just boutta hit u up.
M: Nize dat crodie! Can u scoop?
Bro: I gotchu bro, my bad tho u dunno I been staying a wasteyute
M: Dfkmmm bruh
Bro: I’ll reach in 10
M: Aii bet check u soon.