I have read this article from The Sunday Times: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article209405.ece . It is about teenagers from Britain using multi-ethnic dialect which they use in their everyday lives.
In this article, Professor Paul Kerswill, a sociolinguist, comments on the language being used. He mentions that the language being used originates from different backgrounds such as Jamaica, London and Bengali. This article is interesting because white British teenagers and people from other backgrounds, observed in London, were all using the same dialect. Jamaican words like "creps" for trainers and cockney words like "manor" for home were being used by the group of people.
It seems to me like the teens are converging their speech with the people that surround their daily lives. However, some people also seem to be conversing in other regional accents in the UK.
I find this article intriguing because I have heard people talk in this way before and I am curious about how a few schools seem to be trying to stop children from speaking this lingo.
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