Slang

      My dad's friend posted a video on Facebook of a German guy. He has a job here in America, so you could only imagine the cultural barrier. While at work one day he hears his co workers talking about Jennifer being a party pooper.
      Let's just say that German's do not have our slang. He could not comprehend what they possibly meant and , being a European, took it literally! He thought they meant that Jennifer goes to parties and "poops zo peoplez vill know". He goes on to say "I poop at partiez but I shut ze door zo know one vill know. Does zhe leave the door open so peoplez will zee and smell zings?". I thought I was going to pee myself! Let's just say it ended like this....."Does zhe do it by the presents or next to ze punches bowl? Does zhe poop on ze carpets? I vant to go to party with Jennifer to make observations....Zhe poops at parties!".
      Just goes to show you how much different Americans are from the rest of the world. We have a language   that leaves room for joking and sarcasm. With French and German(especially french) the way you describe things isn't so direct. Let's say you want to order a salad with tomatoes. You would say salad du (of) tomat. If you said salad avec (with) tomat, you would probably get a side of tomatoes. They be careful of what they say, whereas we slang everything!
       I took French two years of high school. Since my name is Rahne (if you don't know, it's Rain), I confused my French teacher the first day of school. Our school had traded French teachers since the old one retired, so this teacher was actually from France. I messed up introducing myself. Properly, it would be Je suis Rahne. (I am Rahne). I said J'ai Pluie, since my name in french is Pluie, but it literally means I have Rain. It took a few minutes for me to explain that my name was rain.
      Could you imagine what our every day lives would look like if we didn't try to slang everything? While some things would be less fun, like a party destroyer instead of a party pooper, some things could be a lot better. For instance, I could quickly adjust to not hearing the "N" word everyday as a friend referral. I could also do without people saying LOL or YOLO in conversations. Hello! Your talking to me, a person, in the face, not over text.
      It has even gotten to the point where teacher have to put NO SLANG in their class rules. Kids have honestly been putting LOL and other acronyms in their papers, not seeing anything wrong with it. Hmmmm. Maybe this slang business has gotten a bit out of hand.

(NOTE: If you hear someone say the slang term "slangin' ", it means they are dealing drugs.)