London school bans 'urban' slang words

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[B]Labour MP David Lammy backs the move despite social media backlash[/B]
An academy school in south London has banned its students from using slang words and phrases like “bare”, “innit” and “we woz” in an attempt to improve standards of English and clamp down on the use of urban slang.
The move by Harris Academy in Upper Norwood, near Croydon - one of 27 institutions in and around the capital sponsored by the Harris Federation - has been praised by Labour MP David Lammy.
Speaking to the Daily Mail he said, “I think this is a very good idea. Speaking slang is fine in a social setting but as school should be a professional, educational environment and if part of that means banning slang than that's fine by me.
“Too often I see young people going into job interviews or writing cover letters without being able to use correct English. Any attempts to change that should be encouraged.”
He added that those who called the move an attack on culture were missing the point. “No one is saying slang is bad, but simply that it shouldn't be the only way that one is capable of communicating.”
The school appears to have erected signs that list words which are now banned. They include 'coz', 'aint', 'like' and 'extra'. Harris students are now also barred from starting sentences with the word
'Basically' and ending them with 'Yeah'.
Lammy took to Twitter to ask if the phrase “Sup Blud” could be added to the banned list.
The school's decision has come under heated and offensive attacks from other users of the social media site with a user alleging that the Academy was a "white supremacist project with government funding and control of children" and another posting.

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Good luck enforcing that.

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[Best4bond]

basically they just like mad coz they aint like us extra innit, yeah?

[EddieLTU]

you can't say 'like'?
that's fucking impossible

[Khutor]

Aren't the words "extra, basically, yeah, and like" used everday?

[SweetSwifter]

Like, bare and extra are urban slang now?

I like cookies.
It was so cold that I felt bare.
These cookies were extra cheap today.

[DaysBefore]

"Man I really like this song"
"That's it Johnson, you're expelled!"

[Novangel]

Similes are banned, how are they going to teach English???

[Laferio]

basically fucken government bein dicks coz there aint nutin betta else to do, yeah?

[Untouch]

"I'm going to be doing extra work for marks after class, want to join me?"

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[KillerKid]

Basically that's like impossible yeah?

[Thelurker1234]

Jesus, like is one of the most overused words ever, good luck getting rid of it.

[ECrownofFire]

A school bans stupid shit for no good reason, what a surprise!

[Rolond]

The level of stupidity of some people is pretty damn impressive.

[Jechtmania]

Surely they only mean the excessive usage of 'like' in a single sentence, see chav girls.

[Koifish]

You can't even say extra?

[Morbo!!!]

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Good luck enforcing that.

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I use cos, aint, innit and bare bare. Not when I'm typing though.

[Durrsly]

"Like", "Bare", and "Extra" are slang?

[BlkDucky]

jesus christ you guys, I don't think they're outright banning those words.

[ThreeFour]

what the fuck is coz, woz, or innit while at that.

[NuGmanV3]

I start almost every sentence I say with "basically". I wouldn't be able to handle losing what's basically my favourite word.

[shian]

So this is smartness system in real life

[Thelurker1234]

[QUOTE=ThatCrazyGmanV2;42552039]I start almost every sentence I say with "basically". I wouldn't be able to handle losing what's basically my favourite word.[/QUOTE]

basically, there are speech therapists that can solve this issue.

[DaysBefore]

[QUOTE=WaRRioRTF;42552022]what the fuck is coz, woz, or innit while at that.[/QUOTE]
"[Be]Cause" "Was" "Isn't it"

[Majr]

u wot

[Don Knotts]

[QUOTE=ThatCrazyGmanV2;42552039]I start almost every sentence I say with "basically". I wouldn't be able to handle losing what's basically my favourite word.[/QUOTE]

Precede the word "basically" with the word "so".

You are now gooder at English.

[sir whoopsalot]

So conversations at that school are basically gonna be like this?
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[papaya]

shit man I use like half of these words

I must be a chav

[SquidsEye]

[QUOTE=Durrsly;42552005]"Like", "Bare", and "Extra" are slang?[/QUOTE]

I've personally never heard 'extra' as slang but 'like' and 'bare' are used a lot. As in, "I got like bare pussy last night, innit." meaning "I put my penis in a lot of vaginas last night."

[El Dilbert]

[QUOTE=EddieLTU;42551947]you can't say 'like'?
that's fucking impossible[/QUOTE]

I 'like' this post

[Fr3ddi3]

[QUOTE=ECrownofFire;42551970]A school bans stupid shit for no good reason, what a surprise![/QUOTE]

Good luck getting a job if you talk like a total bell end, employers really are that picky at the moment, so I'd say it's a legitimate reason but it'll just be futile.