This is one of my old Latin textbooks from school (orange and black, lush!) and it's sort of given me an idea. What with most if not all teenagers communicating in slang, adults are at a loss to understand them, as are also their teachers, highlighted recently in a report on the BBC. Teenagers being what they are, they can hardly be expected to suddenly start communicating in the Queens English, so if you can't beat 'em, why not join 'em? I wasn't just thinking of a glossy guide that just translates everything; i was thinking of proper textbooks (like the one above for example) that gives instructions on sentence construction, past/present tense, appropriate examples of slang in use etc, etc. Aimed obviously at adults/long suffering parents/teachers.
One of the reasons that kids speak (i feel) the way they do, is so that adults can't understand them; course this doesn't stop them moaning continuously 'you don't understand me!' Honestly i don't know how they cope...
Time for change. Wouldn't they get the shock of their lives to find that Mum is suddenly fluent in slang...
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