Remember Beeper Speak? Teens Have Always Been The Ones Inventing New Language Trends
“A growing lexicon of the mundane, offbeat and obscene.” A subhead from a 1997 LA Times article on teens experimenting with a brand new language reads, “Technology: Messages made from numerals are popular nationwide.” Messages made from numerals? MESSAGES MADE FROM NUMERALS? Sound the alarm: the English language is on a quick decline, and will […]