And what the hell IS international slang, anyway?

I think you should reply with "Hose off, eh?" in true Bob and Doug fashion.

Wild, flailing guess, but maybe the writer was confused by some of the US/SoCal-specific slang you used, wanted less of it, and was trying to phrase the request as a positive rather than a negative?

I'm trying to think of international slang, but the only thing I can come up with are the bits of British slang I use and the odd bits of slang I picked up from an Australian chat friend. I'm pretty sure the slang he uses isn't so much Australian as his own weird way of talking.

I used to know a bunch of Puerto Rican slang, but I've forgotten all of it, and besides, I'm not sure I could work in "your momma bangs ugly ferrets" or whatever the worst of it meant if I tried.

I think you should reply with "Hose off, eh?" in true Bob and Doug fashion.

Well, it's either that or write a story entirely in Ebonics, but if I did, there'd be a long line of people waiting to clobber my ass.

I'm not sure I could work in "your momma bangs ugly ferrets" or whatever the worst of it meant if I tried.

I would love to see you try. Some day... Obscure slang useage challenge, anybody? Could be weird or hysterical.

I would love to see you try. Some day... Obscure slang useage challenge, anybody? Could be weird or hysterical.

Well, first I'd have to remember the expression, and as I no longer speak the language...

I miss speaking Spanish, I think.

wanted less of it, and was trying to phrase the request as a positive rather than a negative?

I'm guessing that might be the case, but I'm still sitting here wondering how on Earth I could do that. I mean, it's like asking me to write a John Crichton POV without making any pop culture references.

Not only would it be dead boring, it would in no way resemble the canon characterization. If that makes any sense.

I shall remain baffled, and diminish into the west.

Well, first I'd have to remember the expression, and as I no longer speak the language...

Now you're making excuses.

Very reasonable ones. It would still make a good challenge, though, to dig up the strangest bit of slang you know and find a way in which a character might use it.

It would probably have to be multi-fandom, and allow/encourage original characters.

I shall remain baffled, and diminish into the west.

sudden visions of writing a slash-the-slashers entry for the Inappropriate Elf Challenge