Liek, I saw this BBC article and I was like WTF LOL then I was like... ummmmm, OK!  LOL

Den I blogged about it on myspace LOL kthx bye ^__^

The Beeb wrote:

Lancaster University's Professor Tony McEnery'sstudy of blogs, questionnaires and speech found teenagers used half the words of average 25 to 34-year-olds.

His analysis of a database of teenage speech suggested teenagers had a vocabulary of just over 12,600 words compared with the nearly 21,400 words that the average person aged 25 to 34 uses.

But he says there is a serious point to the work, which is to highlight what he sees as the neglect of verbal communication skills in schools.

"While the school curriculum shows a strong focus on literacy, speech has been relatively neglected in the curriculum," he said.

Employers often complained that new employees were unable to answer the telephone in the formal way required of them for work and that they were also intimidated by speaking formally in meetings, the professor added.

He put this down to a lack of training and the overuse of technologies such as computer games and MP3 players.

"This trend, known as technology isolation syndrome, could lead to problems in the classroom and then later in life.

"Employers are already complaining that first jobbers are lacking basic verbal communication and it seems things could be set to get worse.

"Kids need to get talking and develop their vocabulary."