It's a bit harsh to say that nobody who speaks modern london teen lingo has amounted to anything outside of music.
Not all of them, of course, but I'm pretty sure a lot of them eaither turn it off when they get jobs, or even grow out of it. Language is always changing, your parents probably thought the same about your generation when you were growing up, with all those "Groovy" and "Oh gee oh gosh how swell" stuff, or whatever it was at the time.

There is also the fact that it's entirely possible to grow up in london without sounding like a cockney or cod-jamacan, that or myself and pretty much all my friends are an anomonily.

Yeh', the voilance thing would concern me, but there are still plenty of good schools and areas in london that are perfectly safe.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 9:50, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I was raised by Cockneys.
I have never said, 'innit blud' but I have organised a gangland killing.
( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 10:12, Reply)

If you were Welsh,
you could be in Goldie Looking Chain.
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Thu 26 Aug 2010, 10:16, Reply)

I'm not Welsh, but I am Cornish.
Maybe they could give me honorary membership.
( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 10:19, Reply)

no, they'd just hate you slightly less than the rest of us

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 10:20, Reply)

I like the Welsh.
They make me feel less weird.
( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 10:35, Reply)

they are good for that
on a personal basis I like them. I lived with 3 of them for 4 years at uni.

As a species though, they are generally short, prone to outbursts of song and violence, and are the worst winners and losers I have had the misfortune to encounter.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 10:45, Reply)