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6 News English From bbclearningenglish.com Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, I'm Alice.
And I'm Neil.
So, Alice, can you think of an example of how the English we speak is changing?
Yes, I can.
Teenagers saying like all the time.
Oh, that's like really like annoying.
Yeah, yeah, like.
Well, the subject of today's show is how and why the English language is changing.
And teenagers definitely have their own code, including text speak when they're on the internet or using their phones.
FOMO, F-O-M-O, B-B-A-E, plus PLOS.
Do you have any idea what those terms mean?
I've got no idea what you're talking about, Alice.
They're pretty baffling and that means hard to understand.
But that's the idea, isn't it?
We oldies aren't supposed to understand.
Yes, exactly.
Apparently, plus PLOS means parents looking over shoulder, which proves your point.
Text speak is a lot to do with inventing cool new terms and these change quickly.