{"id":1102,"date":"2016-01-20T20:46:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T20:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/superior-english.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2016-01-22T20:53:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T20:53:52","slug":"how-millennials-are-changing-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/superior-english.com\/en\/2016\/01\/20\/how-millennials-are-changing-english\/","title":{"rendered":"How millennials are changing English"},"content":{"rendered":"

Die Sprache befindet stets im Wandel…<\/em> and those changes are driven by a demographic cohort\u00a0you might not\u00a0expect: teens and twenty-somethings\u00a0(teenage girls and young women in particular). We millennials seem to get flack for most everything these days, from our notoriously „bratty habits“ and poor work ethic to our supposed narcissism, etc. But if there’s one thing linguists can agree\u00a0we’re quite good at, it’s\u00a0driving change in the English language.<\/p>\n

To find out more about one way millennials are adding to the English lexicon–while sticking to phonetic rules–check out this write-up in the Washington Post:\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/01\/13\/the-totes-amazesh-way-millennials-are-changing-the-english-language\/<\/p>\n

It’s totes<\/em> fascinating, right?\u00a0If you think so, have a look at this article from the\u00a0New York Times:\u00a0http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/02\/28\/science\/young-women-often-trendsetters-in-vocal-patterns.html?_r=0<\/p>\n

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Die Sprache befindet stets im Wandel… and those changes are driven by a demographic cohort\u00a0you might not\u00a0expect: teens and twenty-somethings\u00a0(teenage girls and young women in particular). We millennials seem to get flack for most everything these days, from our notoriously „bratty habits“ and poor work ethic to our supposed narcissism, etc. But if there’s one … Continue reading How millennials are changing English<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","no-featured-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t