Do Slangs Make You Sound Stupid Analysis

Slangs? What are slangs? Slangs is often words that are regarded as being very informal and is often used when you speak or chat with your peers. Slangs have a lot of controversy around them, due to the fact that a lot of people view slangs as being as a linguistic atrocity, and is often looked down upon by the society. Slangs is often linked with young people, especially teenagers or with the working class and lack of intellectual intelligence. The three articles, written by Robert McCrum and Doc Brown, Isabelle Kerr and Will Coldwell, focuses on the controversial around slangs, while some of them (mostly Isabelle Kerr) criticize the usage of slangs as being a part of the vocabulary.
The first article “Does slangs make you sound stupid?” is written by Robert McCrum and Doc Brown. The article …show more content…
The first article could be compared with this one, because of both Doc Brown and Will Coldwell, thinks that the “ fear of slangs” is a manifestation of the fear of the working class. Both Will Coldwell and Doc Brown agrees and the fact that the youth knows when and where to use slangs, and both brings in Emma Thompsons, opinion about the usage of slangs. They both disagree with their statement, where Doc Brown states that “she should take a chill pill”.
Thirdly, the both the first and second article tries to engage the reader by using humor. This is mostly seen in the first article making the reader more engaged and interested in the using humor in their debate on the effect on slangs. The other thing which all article has used is the having second or third parties view on the topic, which makes the reader more interested because it is not a repetition of the same opinion on and on, but the reader gets an insight of different point of