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Coref
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Teenagers 'only use 800 different words a day'Yeah, like, youknow and she goes to me like oh my god,
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AlunD
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Nick
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Do grunts count??
What about sighs?
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forquare1
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Have teenagers not always been unruly, listening to their rock 'n' roll noise, etc? The world changes, people change. Those that can't communicate today might be better communicate tomorrow, or perhaps they will 'grow up' and speak properly. After all, the article did say that they knew an average of 40,000 words. Have you heard some adults talk? Honestly, sometimes it's no wonder that children are how they are today. I think I agree with him to a degree.
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eddie543
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Thats only a relatively small, loud, irritating group of people my age who think a life in persuit of being an air headed socialite with thier other airheaded friends beliving what amanda said to stacy last week was the most important thing that happened in the world that week. Theres one in my a level politics: " well labour had like made the like sure start sceme to help you know like the kids in poor famillies and stuff" would be an example.
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Coref
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Sounds entertaining if you ask me. I bet she's really easy to wind up...
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pcernie
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Could be interesting if he goes ahead with it - I've seen him say that language evolves constantly, or words to that effect, a couple of times... _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Alexgadgetman
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How wonderfully steriotypical this article is. Plus, it not our fault we arent afraid to actually say 'no' once in a while 
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pcernie
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Brilliantly, only last year Iris Robinson was saying teenagers shouldn't be afraid to say 'no' to sex  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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big_D
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Ah, I see how they use so few words, they tend to miss out the verbs in sentences, although they seem to make up words as well.
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