[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by Ianto.W.

The are supposed to be British, it's the youngsters i'm talking about 'teenagers' who then laugh when they look in your direction, after some remark made by one of them appears to be funny to them. What I do is supprise them by making a remark back in their lingo, they don't like that.

Ah so we're getting to the point now. It's rude teenagers you are actually objecting to. They come in the English speaking variety too but have the disadvantage that even if they speak some modern 'teentalk' us oldies can usually comprehend the gist of what they are saying. It doesn't stop them insulting people though if that's what they really want to do.

Insulting you in a language you can't understand seems to be somehow lacking in purpose to me.

There was a lad on the bus a couple of weeks ago who was very loud and irritating. It was just his volume which I found annoying but apparently he was also saying something to his mates about me obviously thinking he was impressing his mates and being clever. I just wish I'd realised who it was at the time as I would have asked him how his poorly knee was now after falling off his bike outside our house and sitting on our garden wall crying his eyes out.