http://leicesterexchanges.com/2012/11/01/slang/ From one of the UK’s leading universities comes a new way to make real progress on some key issues that shape our society. Join some of Britain’s leading academics and highest-profile opinion formers as we seek answers that could change the way we live for the better. So, the floor is yours; will you make the most of it? Mon, 13 May 2013 09:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://leicesterexchanges.com/2012/11/01/slang/#comment-18718 Chris Williams Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:22:23 +0000 http://leicesterexchanges.com/?p=2729#comment-18718 Where do you place Jamfake (cod Jamaican) which is a relatively new phenomenon, more a patois than slang, in all of this. It is used by young people of all races and a few are even unable to speak anything else which renders them virtually unemployable. Has there been anything similar before, a completely new, non regional youth dialect? Where do you place Jamfake (cod Jamaican) which is a relatively new phenomenon, more a patois than slang, in all of this. It is used by young people of all races and a few are even unable to speak anything else which renders them virtually unemployable. Has there been anything similar before, a completely new, non regional youth dialect?

]]> http://leicesterexchanges.com/2012/11/01/slang/#comment-18717 Chris Williams Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:11:14 +0000 http://leicesterexchanges.com/?p=2729#comment-18717 It was one of my father's favourite expressions. That and "as dim as a Toch H lamp" which will probably raise an eyebrow today. It was one of my father’s favourite expressions. That and “as dim as a Toch H lamp” which will probably raise an eyebrow today.

]]> http://leicesterexchanges.com/2012/11/01/slang/#comment-18678 MIke Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:16:12 +0000 http://leicesterexchanges.com/?p=2729#comment-18678 Having used all the other synonyms from that list on many occasions, I shall do my best to slip "all my eye and Betty Martin" into a conversation at the next available opportunity. Having used all the other synonyms from that list on many occasions, I shall do my best to slip “all my eye and Betty Martin” into a conversation at the next available opportunity.

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