... Throughout a child's developmental years, adults; such as parents, teachers and caretakers are their principal models for standard speech and grammar skills. Children learn to interact with others through constant attempts to emulate the various styles of communication that are demonstrated all ... acceptable in formal usage. It often conveys a cutting, sometimes offensive, no-nonsense attitude, and lends itself to poking fun at pretentiousness. Just about every culture and sub-culture has its own version of a local dialect. Most often it is derived from commonly used words and has been ...

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