slang is mandatory sometimes

[David K. Barnhart]

>.An interesting quotation from Rich Cohen's Israel is Real:

>

>"Now the Jews have returned their holy idea to the street, where, as is
happening with the >Hebrew language, it has been barbarized and filled with
slang."







Slang is not barbarizing, in my humble opinion.  It's the salt, pepper
(including sometimes cayenne) of communication.  Without slang our language
would be dull as dishwater.  Bring on the barbarisms.



Hooray for barbarisms, right Jonathan?



Regards,

David



Barnhart at highlands.com

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