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Fri, Jun 16, 2006 -- 10:00 AM
Slang
Forum discusses the arcane argot of teenagers and others who use slang.
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Host: Susan Rasky
Guests:
- Aaron Peckham, founder of urbandictionary.com and editor of "Urban Dictionary: Fularious Street Slang Defined"
- Anyi Howell, 22-year-old media artist, reporter and producer at Youth Radio
- Norma Mendoza-Denton, visiting professor of linguistics at Stanford University and author of "Home Girls: Language and Style Among Latina Youth"
- Robin Lakoff, professor of linguistics at UC-Berkeley