Bonus: The Global Story - Is social media changing the way we speak?

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  Hello, this is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Valerie Sanderson with your weekly bonus from the Global Story, which brings you a single story with depth and insight from the BBC's best journalists.

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  Here's my colleague, Lucy Hawkings.

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  For many thousands of years, language has been changing here in the uk.

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  The gradual departure from what became known as the Queen's English is a trend which has often been characterised as a threat to cultural identity.

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  But with the advent of social media, the pace of change may be running away from us.

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  Phrases like it's giving ris, no cap.

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  These are all terms which we attribute to Internet culture and specifically to younger, millennial and Gen Z demographics.

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  Boss energy, it's giving holiday spirit.

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  Today we're considering how the mass migration to living our lives online is having an impact on the spoken word in the real world.

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