How has the English language changed since the turn of the century?

More “LOLZ!” and “ZOMGs!”
Less “Good day, sir. What a fine evening it is.”

depends in which area you came from…
People from rich families and respected neighborhoods wouldn’t say those type of things whilst people from poor families or rough areas would talk in a more slangy type of way.

I wonder if they said “Cray cray!” back then.

Oh I don’t know about that old bean. Around these parts everything is more or less tickety boo, jolly good show!

Flipping people off started back in Rome. It’s one of the oldest known vulgar gestures out there.

Shut up was first recorded in 1840, which usually means people were probably saying it for at least 5–10 years before.

It changes every day. It is being changed even my non-native speakers. A good example is the word earworm.

Turn of which century?

@janbb I would assume this one.

@janbb Sorry, I am living in the past. I meant the turn of the 20th century.

There’s a long term trend toward verbing – converting nouns into verbs. It didn’t start in the 20th century, but there was a lot of it. Most recent contributions: Facebook me, Text me.

WTF?

I know none of my grandparents ever said anything close to this