Multicultural London English

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"MLE" has been much discussed in recent days due to current events, but the best article I found about it is already 5 years old. I must confess, though, that I would not have been able to guess the meaning of the majority of these words.

Not getting props in the hood? Then read on, blud

I have realised in recent years that I am losing comprehension of Multicultural Paris French as it evolves. I was able to decode everything in the past by asking my friend the high school principal what certain words meant, but now that he is off to Brazil for 3 years, I am losing the language.

[cheerypeabrain]

It's going on all over the place...here in Leicester we have a very diverse population. The latest groups to move here are Eastern European and Somali..No matter where they come from the young people invariably end up talking with a sort of West Indian-like accent..including the Leicester born ones! I spose they want to be different from their parents...like having a secret language.

We all did it as teenagers didn't we? to a certain extent...I remember (with a certain amount of embarrassment) saying words like 'Cosmic' and 'groovy'..... ;D in a sort of 'Cheech and Chong' drawl...
My sons (now in their 30s) used to call things 'Wicked' or 'Cool'....however the current generation seem to have developed a whole new language that most people over 30 have no way of understanding. Maybe that's as a direct result of the melding of so many different cutures?....

[patricklondon]

however the current generation seem to have developed a whole new language that most people over 30 have no way of understanding

That's what slang/argot has always been for. What worries me is the youngsters who don't quite get the need to adjust to the rest of the world.

[cheerypeabrain]

My thoughts exactly...Here in the UK the 'adapation to real life' phase doesn't seem to be happening and the 'I want to be a pop star/famous/me first and always/the world owes me a living' attitude that many people go through in their teens (to a certain extent...and I'm generalising wildly here) carries on into adulthood.