Boy am I glad someone else responded to that one. I *really* didn't want to give an explanation. It's bad enough the damned "language" exists, but to actually describe to someone what it is? UGH! To sum it up, though, think about taking "culture's" language (60's, 70's, or even the punk scene's word usage) and making it into an entire language meant to be taught in school because it's believed that the kids NEED to learn this to "survive" on the streets. Thankfully, this only happened in one or two school districts in California and was struck down... rightfully so!

Politician thinking to self: "Hey, these kids aren't capable of learning English, so to pick up the GPA of our school district to make us look better, why don't we let them speak however they want and teach that in school?" How's that for a bright idea?

George