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

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[@salihahilmy8804]

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

[@mahasiswaaktivitas]

And he looks great ❤

[@nanciolivieri8821]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@mahasiswaaktivitas]

I love language changes ❤ I love how it becomes trends

[@notmyrealname6272]

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. 😂

[@danielwhyatt3278]

LMAO. Oh god every generation is doomed now I guess.

[@notmyrealname6272]

@@danielwhyatt3278 😱😂😂

[@sannefridolin]

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

[@KaylahH]

That has been a thing way before social media

[@foobarf8766]

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]

It's an intrinsic part of every language.

[@EE-uj6tw]

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

[@henrietta9206]

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

[@biscuitheque79]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@Rinzler511]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@saudia742]

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

[@sorchamusic]

“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]

Stop trying to make "fetch" happen!

[@danielwhyatt3278]

“IT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.”😂😂

[@logingames5.2M]

Karen word is also becoming very popular

[@markydh3]

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.

[@TinLeadHammer]

Do you use "gay" as "happy"?

[@nathanielfleku3416]

😂​@@TinLeadHammer

[@SkpalTube]

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]

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

[@henrietta9206]

dovetail, bandwidth horrible pretentiousness.

[@jujitsujew23]

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]

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

[@EdwardLindon]

Heraclitus has entered the chat.

[@Rafterman955]

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

[@thaomyy1012]

That's good to hear, thanks so much

[@elaminkakoom4828]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@CHINKEII-lh8rl]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@sleepy_dobe]

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]

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

[@sophiasg]

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

[@Barry-dy3mn]

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

[@sen-ni8ri]

The huzz will love this

[@KrishnaKumar-zt9es]

Nice 👍

[@melomelooons6733]

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]

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]

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

[@EE-uj6tw]

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

[@zasta7]

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]

10:05 CUT

[@kubuprem]

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]

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

[@reubensonlyngdohnongpiur777]

In India as well skibidi rizzler

[@tatzybatzy1286]

I’m still going with ‘groovy’…

[@TheDillberto]

youtube banning words is changing how we speak.

[@perfect8254]

“Socialising” is becoming “peopling” 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Jesusteama_e_Salva225]

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]

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___]

oh gen z's language is unspoken

[@wadhaalkhaldi8225]

I try to understand you but I can’t 😢

[@yolanbravo9628]

❤

[@sparkysmalarkey]

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

[@helenpauls1496]

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

[@Jesusteama_e_Salva225]

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]

We are in the cave.

[@TWBarb]

Skibidi Allegory

[@marianasalles242]

Dreadful future ahead for the planet and humanity

[@foobarf8766]

😂

[@TWBarb]

the skibidi era

[@TWBarb]

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

[@henrietta9206]

dreadful, ditto.

[@strongindependentblackwoma1887]

Skibidi Rizz gyat!!!!!

[@jackiek3860]

What about ' pakka' 😂

[@EE-uj6tw]

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]

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

[@Layla12251]

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

[@_ArsNova]

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

[@henrietta9206]

def the latter.

[@shyft09]

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

[@_ArsNova]

@@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]

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]

Natural evolution of skibidi language.

[@TWBarb]

😂😂😂

[@EdwardLindon]

All completely normal, calm down, ye old fogies.

[@iAMJM27]

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

[@hongkongphooey5944]

american urban dictionary has been around since 1999

[@irqittuq415]

"we"?