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This article discusses the use of slang by different ethnicities. It discusses the concepts of whether or not slang can be pinpointed to certain cultures opposed to a certain group of "slang talkers". It also helps distinguish between slang being used as a barrier between teens, adults, social groups, and even differences between friends. This helps to illustrate the different varieties of literacy among youths and adults from different cultures.

In this article Aitchison discusses the origins of slang and the use of "ugly language" by today's youth and school children. It talks about the use of slang to distinguish different subcultures and social groups. It also delves into the subject of words changing meaning and different uses for relatively simple terms. And finally, it discusses how some older individuals attempt to connect with today's youth and adapt to their forms of literacy through using slang and popular words.

This paper discusses the use of English slang by a South African community of Gauteng. Although English is not the preferred vernacular used by most occupants of Gauteng, this study shows the way slang identifies different cultures, races, and social groups among even the African youth who speak English.

Descriptions of dialects for different areas of the United States, their origins, and some pronunciation and slang guides, usually referring to doughnuts, oddly enough.

This article focuses on the use of drugs, particularly cocaine, in the rap and hip hop industry. It speaks about the slang used and different artist's use of the drug game in writing their rhymes.

Many different dialects found in England- not the whole of the British Isles, but only in England, including Cockney. Gives the differences in pronunciation and slang terms for some of the different dialects.

A film on OhioLINK. Could be helpful for students researching bilingualism. "Amok," "boomerang," "bungalow," "bangle," "dumdum," "plonk," "assassin"?these are some of the many words that have entered English by way of colonial expansion. This enhanced DVD explores how the British Empire in its heyday exported its language around the globe and how different forms of speech and vocabulary, as well as different attitudes to English, developed out of that colonial expansion. Rich variations of dialect, accent, and slang are heard in many samples from India, the Caribbean, and Australia. Can be viewed using a DVD player or computer DVD-ROM drive. (50 minutes, color) Part of the "Adventure of English" series.

A film on OhioLINK. Could be helpful for students researching bilingualism. This menu-powered DVD explores how America's rise as an economic power made it the driving force behind the spread of English in the 20th century. A world tour illustrates how English has mixed with other languages from "Franglais" in France to "Singlish" in Singapore and how the dollar's power, coupled with the lure of consumerism, has made English the international trade language. Bringing it full circle, host Melvyn Bragg returns to the British Isles to survey English as it is spoken there now, measuring the influence of American slang and vocabulary from other languages. Can be viewed using a DVD player or computer DVD-ROM drive. (50 minutes, color)\n\nPart of the "Adevnture of English" series.

Britney Spears didn't invent the dirty pun in her new song title. She stole it from Joyce and Shakespeare.