ntly. Language itself must be totally understood for it to be used fully. Changing with history and time means a whole new environment to live in where we must constantly adapt to our surroundings to survive. Car insurance, for example, was considered a luxury 70 years ago, now its life and death and is even against the law to drive without. The change can be so subtle over time that it hits us so hard we do not expect it, with horrendous results sometimes the outcome. Different cultures have different perceptions of their language, the languages of others, their beliefs about God and their religion, etc. It is much easier to communicate if both parties understand where the other is coming from. Here is where I would like to talk about slang for a while. For hundreds of years, English has been continuously changing. Words that were unacceptable hundreds of years ago are now common. English has always been known as a comfortable language. Change in the grammar of a language is natural, and English is always confronted with changes. Among them are the use of slang, clipped word endings, and new dialects. Some conservative types do not like changes because they claim that Standard English is a perfect language and they do not want to corrupt it. Others simply do not like change. Slang worries conservatives the most because it affects the vocabulary of English. American English, especially, is always adding new words to its vocabulary for social, scientific, or artistic reasons. Most times the scientific and artistic words do not bother these people; only the social, or slang words do. Children or teens that seek social status usually create slang. Because kids are the source of new slang, some adults look down on it with the assumption that kids are unintelligent and are just rebelling against regular English grammar. Most times adults did the very same thing when they were kids though. Some conservatives also think slan...
