So you want to understand teenspeak?
Article Abstract:
Teenagers possess a language that can be called unique in its own right. Although it may seem like ordinary spoken English, teenspeak actually incorporates multiple meanings in words, as indicated by tone, pitch and duration. Parents have much to gain by understanding teenspeak's rudiments.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1992
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Survivor's guide to the gym
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A young professional decided to sign up with a popular health chain. He did this not because he wanted to be physically fit but just to go along with the fitness mania. To avoid going to the gym, he made his schedule busy enough not to accommodate training sessions.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1999
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An insider's guide to teen-speak
Article Abstract:
Teenagers have a language understood only by another teenager. Parents have a hard time communicating with teenagers because of the gap posed by Teen-speak language. A basic guideline for understanding Teen-speak is presented.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
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