Two recent news stories on word use, one from a South London school and one from Malaysia. Slang in school. Passed on by Dave Sayers on VAR-L, the variationists’ mailing list: ” ‘Like’, ‘innit’ and ‘bare’ among slang words banned in school by Harris Academy Upper Norwood” 10/15/13 by Hannah Williamson: “Like”, “innit” and “bare” are just … Continue reading Watch your words