Debrett's is guiding young people on proper web etiquette, what's California's definitive slang word? Preview of The Taste for Labor Day Weekend.
Judge overturns Tom Brady's four-game suspension
After seven months of going back and forth in the high profile case that became know as Deflategate, a federal judge has ruled to overturn the NFL’s suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady
An NFL investigation determined that Brady conspired with others to deflate footballs used in a playoff game and then obstructed the investigation by, for example, destroying his cellphone when the league asked for it.
Sal Paolantonio, national correspondent for ESPN, joined the show to talk more about this.
Dude bro, that's hella sick! And other California slang
Slate.com came out with something that is pretty rad. It's totally tubular!
It's a map dubbed The United Slang of America, and it's a colorful look at what odd word best sums up each of the 50 states.
What's the official slang of your state? (Connecticut, you get glawackus.) http://t.co/3PMODbaMVC pic.twitter.com/H6OVAm6TvH
— Slate (@Slate) September 3, 2015
Their process began with linguists. Then they turned to online message boards, and finally to friends and colleagues, asking them to come up with a single representative slang word for each state.
So what was California's word? HELLA. The word has been used to mean very. As in, "Take Two is sounding HELLA good today." (At least we hope so.)
Many listeners on KPCC's Facebook disagreed with Slate's assessment:
So what should California's word be? Many of those who commented online believed DUDE should be the slang of the Golden State.
Several Take Two producers grew up here in Southern California and have some of their own personal favorites:
- Tightsauce, as in "That jacket is tightsauce."
- Legit, which can mean cool or awesome. "Your new car is legit!"
- Late, which is short for "later" or "goodbye"
What's your favorite slang word, and where did you grow up? Continue the conversation with us on Facebook and https://twitter.com/taketwo , or in the comments below.
Mind your manners: 3 tips to transform your teen's online etiquette
When it comes to etiquette, no one does it quite like the Brits.
Since 1769, those living across the pond have relied on an etiquette guide called Debrett's, a revered work. It's appearing in classic books such as Vanity Fair and Brideshead Revisited.
But it's no stuffy guide lodged in the past. This week, Debrett's introduced its first class on digital-etiquette. It's aimed at helping high-society teens mind their manners online.
NETiquette is one in a five-part finishing class for the lords and ladies of tomorrow.
Amy Alkonis our local etiquette maven. She's author of the book, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck." She said it's important to preplan personal policies with teenagers.
"The technology is so fun and the rewards are so instant that we've basically become like chimps with an info nuke," she said. "Throughout human history, we have not gotten these rewards buzzes to instantly and so reliably as we with these devices. So this is why preplanning is so important."
Alkon says these three categories should be thought about before your teen goes online:
- Online identity
- Personal privacy and the privacy of others
- How to treat other people online and how to respond when being treated badly
Alkon recommends driving home these points with failures, but not necessarily your teen's own failures.
"It's better to show them other people's failures," Alkon said. "Your teen will think, 'Well I can send this to this girlfriend or guy friend, my friend would never share these with anyone.' And then you show them the story of some girl who thought the same way, and then her boobs became an international news story."
To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above
Wheel Thing: An Orange County car collector's tale
A 1949 Ford convertible, a 1960 GMC flatbed truck, a couple of Model As and a '59 Mercedes diesel.
These are just a few of some of the old, and mostly rusty cars auctioned off earlier this week in Orange County, California.
They all belonged to a Buena Park plumber who died a year ago with assets, including the cars, that might be worth $2 million, and no valid will.
An eccentric car collector's tale, on this week's Wheel Thing, our regular conversation about mobility with Orange Country Register reporter
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State of Affairs: Fair Pay Act, evidence destruction, and other bills on Gov. Brown's desk
California's new Fair Pay Act was passed unanimously by the California Senate on Monday, but it still needs a signature from Gov. Jerry Brown. Plus, other bills that passed this week, including one that would make it a felony for police officers to alter or destroy video evidence.
It's all in this edition of State of Affairs, our weekly look at news and politics in the Golden State.
Joining Take Two to discuss:
- Professor Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy
- Capital Public Radio state government reporter Katie Orr