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Show FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS By C. D. Smith Do Teenagers 'Murder' The Language. J'crazy Ipr ) JL7 MAN REAL the author believes a survey would disclose that a definite minority of the teenagers In this country seldom use words like "crazy, man," "real cool" and such. We must be realistic about it and say there is probably one or more teenager in every town who talks this way, and, perhaps, talks this way all the time, but you'll never rind them by the dozen in the average town. The sad part of it all is that many grownups who have no children chil-dren of their own, or who have no contact with teenagers In any way, accept the characterizations they read and see as typical of the teenage group as a whole. Teenagers Teen-agers are like adults in the respect re-spect that some are good; some are bad; some are courteous, others are not. But just as in the adult world, it is impossible to select a particular teenager's manner man-ner of speech or deportment and say that it is "typical." It can be-said, be-said, but it will never be so . . . and anyone who has much to do with teenagers knows it well. If yon have teenatt problem ran want to discuss, or an observation to make, address vour letter to FOH AND ABOl'T TKEN.VtiKKS, NATIONAL WEEKLY NtWiMlLII SERVitS FRANKFORT, tt. LISTENING to the words that 'some TV writers like to put into the lines of teenagers appearing appear-ing in their dramas and comedies, one might think that a new language lan-guage has been introduced without with-out the older generation knowing anything about it. One is also inclined in-clined to wonder what happened to some of the simple phrases like "thank you," "please," and "How do you do?" Ttinagtrt hun a languagt of thtir j I own, it'i true. But it is not a complete language at it it oft pictured in books and on TV $creens. They may use this language extensively within their own group, but otherwise, they know how to use the English language and they use it when the occasion calls for it. There are exceptions, of course, but the average teenager knows how to be courteous and mannerly and how to observe the rules of good behavior. Actually, if there were some way to mak an cflcctiv count, |