‘What the…?’: The English Language and Teen Lingo Dynamics

Contributing writer Pramod Kanakath takes a closer look at the fascinating ways modern Indonesian teenagers—particularly those who are currently enrolled in international schools— adopt English as their second language. In the noughties, there was a rise of expressions caught from English-language movies—phrases and words that characterised the last of Gen... The post ‘What the…?’: The English Language and Teen Lingo Dynamics appeared first on Indonesia Expat.

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