Did You Have This Problem When You Were A Teenager?

When I was a teenager, it was a constant problem.

Where to hang out?

You see, I grew up in the country.

And the nearest town was a thirty-minute drive; the nearest mall and movie theater, over an hour away.

Starbucks didn’t exist.

Bars couldn’t legally serve us; and most of us wouldn’t get fake IDs until college.

So where to hang out?

HANG, DAY TWO

This week we’re exploring many of the ways native speakers use the word “hang.”

Yesterday, I asked you, What are the two past tenses?

Most of you got it exactly right!

“I hung the picture on the wall.”

“The traitor was hanged for the crime of treason.”

LET’S HANG OUT

Prague teenagers don’t seem to have this problem.

I see them hanging out in parks, in cafes, in those new places that sell bubble tea, at the mall, and even in the bars and clubs.

Lucky them.

Cheers,
Mr. Vig

P.S.

My grandparents never said “Let’s hang out.”

Nor my parents.

What do the older generations say?