tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post8594803110458360154..comments2024-03-28T14:04:01.556-07:00Comments on Midlife Cycling: Where You Can Get Your KicksJustine Valinottihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-75674729311007835972018-02-17T22:06:48.804-08:002018-02-17T22:06:48.804-08:00Leo--Sometimes old slang--especially if we learned...Leo--Sometimes old slang--especially if we learned it from beloved family members--is fun to use. But it's a little sad when hardly anybody--and nobody who isn't "a certain age"--understands it!Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-47271186779843694652018-02-17T11:26:49.075-08:002018-02-17T11:26:49.075-08:00Thanks for the Nat King Cole link.
Outdated slang...Thanks for the Nat King Cole link.<br /><br />Outdated slang is something of a problem when you get to be "a certain age", as you say. During my visits back to the US, I sometimes say something that makes people ask "Where have you been since the 60's". (They wouldn't believe it.) I have come to the conclusion that the best alternative when you get above "a certain age" is to speak correct English, just a bit formal, and forsake all slang. 50's and 60's slang sounds strange today, and a person born during World War II trying to talk like somebody under 30 is even stranger. I remember old people when I was young speaking very correct and proper English. I guess it has always been a problem. Languages change so rapidly.<br /><br />But my mother always spoke as if it were 1935-40, right up until she passed away in 2016. I picked up much of that speech and like to pepper my English with it. "That was a real snafu, you bubble head."Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973419382045404953noreply@blogger.com