How social media is changing the way we talk - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

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  • Опубліковано 23 лис 2024

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  • @BBCWorldService
    @BBCWorldService  День тому +4

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  • @salihahilmy8804
    @salihahilmy8804 День тому +43

    Neil, you are here, one of my favourite person of 6 minutes english

  • @nanciolivieri8821
    @nanciolivieri8821 День тому +20

    Good to see you all, but specially Neil, because I listen all the podcasts from bbc learning english and always wonderered how you look like!

  • @mydogisbailey
    @mydogisbailey День тому +8

    I’m a Canadian living in Paris and what surprised me is that some french young men use “goat” even when speaking french

  • @user-km2bz8iy5o
    @user-km2bz8iy5o День тому +8

    I've noticed similar the convergence of US and Australian slang among people 12-29, undoubtedly due to social media like IG and TIkTok

  • @Kotramail
    @Kotramail День тому +5

    This was entertaining to watch and it had me wondering of the chances that the world will be speaking the same language ages down the road.

  • @eliashagstam
    @eliashagstam День тому +21

    Him saying “the skibidi rizzler” has got me on the floor 😂😂 thanks bbc

  • @mahasiswaaktivitas
    @mahasiswaaktivitas 22 години тому +2

    I love language changes ❤ I love how it becomes trends

  • @notmyrealname6272
    @notmyrealname6272 День тому +5

    I laughed when a 12-year-old piano pupil of mine told me how the generation below her(age 9 etc) spoke in a language she couldn’t understand. 😂

  • @sannefridolin
    @sannefridolin День тому +16

    What about using the word "like" several times randomly sprinkled into every sentence? It drives me crazy!

    • @KaylahH
      @KaylahH День тому +9

      That has been a thing way before social media

    • @foobarf8766
      @foobarf8766 День тому

      That's US vernacular English. Nothing to do with social media, British have even more annoying habits like omitting glottal stops, like ya o wha I een

    • @EdwardLindon
      @EdwardLindon День тому

      It's an intrinsic part of every language.

    • @EE-uj6tw
      @EE-uj6tw День тому +2

      Something about it drives me mad as well.
      “Ohhhh my gawdddd,like literallyyyy,like” in that sing song valley girl voice 🤬

    • @henrietta9206
      @henrietta9206 День тому +2

      Like, I totally understand like...what you're like...saying..like. 🙂

  • @biscuitheque79
    @biscuitheque79 День тому +32

    Many factors here: IQ is declining, slang is spreading faster than ever before via social media, young people lacking etiquette, manners and respect, digital technology is gleaning information/young people lacking the attention spans to read books. Basically a dumbing down because of 'influencers' AKA bad influences. Disturbing that this generation behave/talk like entitled cartoon characters. Bro.

    • @carlito6038
      @carlito6038 День тому +7

      1. IQ is not declining. bullshit metric
      2. Where is the proof that young people especially are lacking manners and respect - the internet allows everybody to lack respect and get away with it
      3. Bro

    • @_ArsNova
      @_ArsNova День тому

      @@carlito6038 IQ is most definitely declining. Behavioral issues and disorders for young people are at an all time high. They no longer have the attention spans to read even short books, let alone large epics. More and more talentless "influencers" are becoming their idols. The future is looking absolutely dim for future generations.

    • @foobarf8766
      @foobarf8766 День тому +1

      The Q in IQ is a quotient, but you can speak for yourself about it's decline🤦

    • @Rinzler511
      @Rinzler511 День тому +1

      @@carlito6038 IQ is most definitely declining. Behavioral issues and other disorders for young people are at an all time high. They no longer have the attention spans to read even short books, let alone large epics. More and more talentless "influencers" are becoming their idols. The future is looking very dim for future generations.

    • @Rafterman955
      @Rafterman955 День тому +2

      @@carlito6038 The level of cope here is unreal. All the things he said are true. Gen Z can't watch anything longer than a TikTok let alone read something like Ulysses or War & Peace. Behavioral issues and disorders have skyrocketed since the advent of the internet.

  • @emileigh6524
    @emileigh6524 19 годин тому +2

    90% of the words are AAVE for them to be linguistics and not know that is baffling.

  • @saudia742
    @saudia742 22 години тому +1

    I have been listing to both geys since 2019 and I learned a lot thanks

  • @sorchamusic
    @sorchamusic День тому +3

    “Skibidi” is a secret language nonsense word similar to saying “hip” in the 70s or “radical” in the 80s or “gnarly”in the 90s. Older generations were befuddled by these expressions then and that was the point.

  • @one_field
    @one_field День тому +16

    Stop trying to make "fetch" happen!

  • @logingames5.2M
    @logingames5.2M День тому +5

    Karen word is also becoming very popular

  • @markydh3
    @markydh3 День тому +3

    1:19 in, literally just as the conversation started, the presenter referred to her children as kids. Now, this may be a an example of language changing from one generator the next, but my grandparents would've corrected the presenter at this point and stated the correct word would be indeed be children (with a kid being a young goat).
    Another point that I remember being picked up by my grandparents when they watched TV was 'bin', instead of 'been', with most media presenters these days falling foul to that.
    The pronunciation of the letter 'T' can be significantly lacking too.

  • @SkpalTube
    @SkpalTube 19 годин тому +1

    We are also seeing a reverse trend with people exploring languages beyond their mother tongue - Americans learning Korean or Japanese due to the rise of popular culture.

  • @RingoRocket-h1d
    @RingoRocket-h1d День тому +6

    I used the word "keystroke" at work and no one knew what it meant.

    • @henrietta9206
      @henrietta9206 День тому

      dovetail, bandwidth
      horrible pretentiousness.

  • @jujitsujew23
    @jujitsujew23 День тому +3

    These changes are a generational fad. I notice that Gen X terms are not used widely anymore because they’ve gotten older and mainstream culture has moved on from saying, “hella, gnarly, bitchin, fly, rad, etc”

  • @吳二-l2q
    @吳二-l2q День тому +7

    language adapts to new enviroments, anything is in a state of flux.

    • @EdwardLindon
      @EdwardLindon День тому

      Heraclitus has entered the chat.

    • @Rafterman955
      @Rafterman955 День тому

      And when the environment is a cesspool so too becomes the language.

  • @thaomyy1012
    @thaomyy1012 21 годину тому

    That's good to hear, thanks so much

  • @elaminkakoom4828
    @elaminkakoom4828 День тому +3

    It's an innate tendency of the new generation at all times and places, as rebellion against reality is a characteristic of young people who are fed up with a boring life with repetitive scenes and activities!

  • @abin-hl9ir
    @abin-hl9ir 22 години тому +1

    Could you please do a video about ""dowry death happend in india.. "
    My friend Dr A j shahana she was doing her pg in ortho in famous trivandrum medical college.. A guy from the same college named Ruwaise, he forced her to commit suicide because of dowry issue. This news was famous in indian newschannel.. Now it is one year after this issue. But no further action is happening beacuse thay guy is from a rich back ground.
    Please 🙏🙏🙏add a documentary regarding this issue. Dowry related deaths are continuing in India. Please value the life of women🙏.
    Please help to address this issue.
    Especially Dr A J Shahana and Ruwaise case. You will get the information from youtube its self🙏

  • @agatabasinska4828
    @agatabasinska4828 23 години тому

    Have you noticed a lot of people use second verb form instead of the third one in Present Perfect. I’ve heard it so many times in different podcasts

  • @shyft09
    @shyft09 День тому +2

    or... it's just kids making up stupid words because it's fun, and has the added benefit of excluding adults or anyone else they dont like from the club

  • @EE-uj6tw
    @EE-uj6tw День тому

    Many “You Tubers” who say “I can’t do anythink” “Anythink gos”
    ANYTHING!

  • @CHINKEII-lh8rl
    @CHINKEII-lh8rl День тому +4

    Social media is not problematic. It is the contents that dramatically changed our thinking and actions.
    It should be monitored by AI in the future.

    • @melomelooons6733
      @melomelooons6733 День тому +1

      Yeah, the monitoring is really lax in many ways. Robots are already doing it but imo they could do it better when we're talking about young vulnerable people. It's just not in the best interest of these mega corporations to do so. Legislation is needed to force them to comply.

    • @sparkysmalarkey
      @sparkysmalarkey День тому +2

      Content that dramatically changes our thinking and actions is bad? Protecting people only makes them less able to compete when they inevitably join the world.

    • @CHINKEII-lh8rl
      @CHINKEII-lh8rl День тому

      I agree with you that it’s beneficial, it accelerates social advancement. But if its contents were controlled by its company, then it’s possible to make them beneficial for special groups. By controlling stocks, defaming celebrities or helping publicity of politicians, anyone would have definite advantages. So should companies themselves to monitor themselves?

    • @sparkysmalarkey
      @sparkysmalarkey День тому

      @@CHINKEII-lh8rl Teach kids how to gather and analyze data for themselves, teach them how to learn . . . not what to learn.

  • @sleepy_dobe
    @sleepy_dobe День тому

    All these new "words" invented by the young should be vigoriously examined to see if it should be accepted as legitimate words. Are we changing the English language for change's sake? Does it improve anything? Is it in the name of progress? If so, what progress if any, does it achieve?
    Also, one of them mentioned that cliques or groups may be formed by the use of certain terms. In that if someone from outside a group of people, a mother for eg, starts to use that word with her kids, they would stop using that word and switch to something new. What would that do to the mother psychologically, who "learnt" the new word in order to fit in? Would these new words then perpetuate the symptom of exclusion and discrimination within societies, and perhaps foster even more hate among different communities, cliques, groups, etc?

  • @Barry-dy3mn
    @Barry-dy3mn День тому +2

    I would have liked some actual examples of linguaside in the world.

    • @sophiasg
      @sophiasg День тому +1

      I’ll have a whole book out with plenty of examples in 2026! ❤

    • @Barry-dy3mn
      @Barry-dy3mn 21 годину тому

      @@sophiasg Congratulations! I'll be waiting for this. Hope fortune follows your publication.

  • @sen-ni8ri
    @sen-ni8ri 21 годину тому

    The huzz will love this

  • @KrishnaKumar-zt9es
    @KrishnaKumar-zt9es День тому +1

    Nice 👍

  • @melomelooons6733
    @melomelooons6733 День тому +5

    I was also a teen in the 2000's and thus a millenial but now I'm already 40. It feels like "millenial" is always being thrown around to refer to any younger generations. The Tik Tokers. It's about time we come up with another term.
    Skibidi toilet to you too folks. (had to google that...)

  • @Integral77777
    @Integral77777 День тому +2

    If the way people speak english change more oftenly it wont be good for the language I think, at one point human groups will not be able to understand each other. And social media will cause it.

    • @EdwardLindon
      @EdwardLindon День тому

      What, you mean it'll become, like, DIFFERENT LANGUAGES😱 Oh, no, whatever will we do then?

    • @EE-uj6tw
      @EE-uj6tw День тому

      @@EdwardLindonOh my gawwdd,like literally Edward,like wat evarrr

  • @zasta7
    @zasta7 День тому

    BBC is trying to enter the podcast space 😂
    Remember BBC, podcasting is just the first step to getting closer to people nowadays. You have to tell truths on top of a podcast, to make it watchable lol.
    Nothing about this podcast, just generally telling.

  • @MohamedAli-ks5qy
    @MohamedAli-ks5qy 13 годин тому

    10:05 CUT

  • @kubuprem
    @kubuprem 18 годин тому

    I think the "you are killing me ', has a positive connotations now. Isnt it? Semantic change? Same with word gay.. In the past, gay means happy now it means homosexual person. Isn't it?

  • @rakibhossain4907
    @rakibhossain4907 День тому

    Already we show the power of gen-z in font of the world. 🎉🎉 So language😂 just nothing

  • @reubensonlyngdohnongpiur777
    @reubensonlyngdohnongpiur777 16 годин тому

    In India as well skibidi rizzler

  • @tatzybatzy1286
    @tatzybatzy1286 22 години тому

    I’m still going with ‘groovy’…

  • @TheDillberto
    @TheDillberto День тому +2

    youtube banning words is changing how we speak.

  • @perfect8254
    @perfect8254 День тому +2

    “Socialising” is becoming “peopling” 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @Jesusteama_e_Salva225
    @Jesusteama_e_Salva225 18 годин тому

    Eii!! Jesus te Ama Muito ❤️Ele não vai desistir de Você 🥰Volta Para Ele !!!RESTA POUCO TEMPO!❤️✝️ ELE NÃO BUSCA PERFEITOS ADORADORES, MAS PECADORES ARREPENDIDOS E DE CORAÇÃO SINCERO QUERENDO MUDAR❤️

  • @dennistlc
    @dennistlc День тому

    10:33 langues can die or live. English can absorb French words and words from all languages. The British empire and the dominance of the English language goes hand in hand. It’s also self confidence. French Canada is insecure about its own existence and afraid of dying out as a language in Quebec, hence all the efforts to stop English from becoming part of the French language. Traffic sign « stop » is the written as stop in France is still arrêt in Quebec. The official language of France will still be French in 100 years. French language may lose its position in Quebec in 100 years if not for all the efforts to ensure its relevance.

  • @Reggie___
    @Reggie___ День тому

    oh gen z's language is unspoken

  • @wadhaalkhaldi8225
    @wadhaalkhaldi8225 День тому +1

    I try to understand you but I can’t 😢

  • @yolanbravo9628
    @yolanbravo9628 День тому

  • @sparkysmalarkey
    @sparkysmalarkey День тому +2

    They are making the world their own, stop trying to act like ideas from long dead people should reign supreme, that's ego.

    • @helenpauls1496
      @helenpauls1496 День тому +1

      It’s just an interesting discussion. Every decade there is one, with the use and change in language.

  • @Jesusteama_e_Salva225
    @Jesusteama_e_Salva225 18 годин тому

    Hey!! Jesus Loves You So Much ❤️He Won't Give Up on You Come Back to Him!!! LITTLE TIME LEFT!❤️✝️ HE IS NOT LOOKING FOR PERFECT WORSHIPERS, BUT REPENTANT SINNERS WITH A SINCERE HEART WANTING TO CHANGE❤️

  • @Withoutname_009
    @Withoutname_009 День тому +3

    We are in the cave.

    • @TWBarb
      @TWBarb День тому

      Skibidi Allegory

  • @marianasalles242
    @marianasalles242 День тому +4

    Dreadful future ahead for the planet and humanity

    • @foobarf8766
      @foobarf8766 День тому +1

      😂

    • @TWBarb
      @TWBarb День тому

      the skibidi era

    • @TWBarb
      @TWBarb День тому

      Or maybe I need to add the toilet to that - Skibidi Toilet era 😮help us all!! 😂

    • @henrietta9206
      @henrietta9206 День тому

      dreadful, ditto.

  • @strongindependentblackwoma1887
    @strongindependentblackwoma1887 День тому +3

    Skibidi Rizz gyat!!!!!

  • @jackiek3860
    @jackiek3860 23 години тому

    What about ' pakka' 😂

  • @EE-uj6tw
    @EE-uj6tw День тому +1

    The horrible introduction of “I were stood” and “I were sat”
    You’re not stooding or satting!
    I was standing, I was sitting.
    Sounds absolutely stupid.
    Add to that “anyways” Who makes that plural?

    • @TinLeadHammer
      @TinLeadHammer День тому

      You were sat by a hostess, like you were told to wash your hands.

  • @Layla12251
    @Layla12251 День тому +5

    Do they read books or do they just stare at tiktok all day?

    • @_ArsNova
      @_ArsNova День тому +3

      They can't watch videos longer than 90 seconds, you think they can read books??

    • @henrietta9206
      @henrietta9206 День тому

      def the latter.

    • @shyft09
      @shyft09 День тому

      It's a good point, but they weren't the ones who created addictive social media and then spectacularly failed to regulate it

    • @_ArsNova
      @_ArsNova 13 годин тому

      @@shyft09 How would you regulate it? Because they problem is, they would face massive backlash if they tried to, people don't want it to be regulated. Children shouldn't be allowed to use social media from a purely developmental perspective, but can you imagine the outrage if they tried to enforce that? Or if they tried to enforce ID verification?

  • @idreamtiwasbackatmanderley414
    @idreamtiwasbackatmanderley414 День тому +2

    So I’ve just checked if my memory was correct and it was.
    Since antiquity adults (philosophers in antiquity) have bemoaned re young people education, manners, language…
    So nothing new, same old same old.

  • @foobarf8766
    @foobarf8766 День тому +1

    Natural evolution of skibidi language.

    • @TWBarb
      @TWBarb День тому

      😂😂😂

  • @EdwardLindon
    @EdwardLindon День тому +1

    All completely normal, calm down, ye old fogies.

  • @iAMJM27
    @iAMJM27 21 годину тому

    It’s NOT Gen Z language. Most of it is African American vernacular (Ebonics).
    Stop it …

  • @hongkongphooey5944
    @hongkongphooey5944 14 годин тому

    american urban dictionary has been around since 1999

  • @irqittuq415
    @irqittuq415 День тому

    "we"?