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JuliaKaraban
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I need your help!
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Tomorrow I �ll discuss teenagers problems with my students.
They can ask a question but I �m not ready to answer which word is more used "zits", "acne" or "pimples".
And what do the teenagers often do with them "squeeze" or "pop"?
Can you help me?
Julia
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30 Aug 2015
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cunliffe
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Well, most commonly, we just call them spots. Pimples are really small ones and zits - yes - is another word for spots. Acne is the condition and you can use it for a collection (if I may put it like that!) of spots, as in, �Oh my acne is bad today. � We squeeze them and then they pop. Or you can pop them. I guess a purist would say that you can squeeze them without them actually popping. Yuck, I can �t believe I �ve just written all this;-) |
30 Aug 2015
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redcamarocruiser
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Are you teaching British English, Julia, or also American? Spots is not used in American English to refer to pimples. TV commercials call it acne when they try to sell remedies such as Clearasil. Most teens used to call them pimples, but one used to also hear the word zits occasionally. Recently, I have not had contact with anyone who has this problem, but I have heard the word zit in American sitcoms. |
30 Aug 2015
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JuliaKaraban
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Thanks for you both! I teach British English, but I give an American variant of the word too. They need to know them and see the difference.
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30 Aug 2015
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douglas
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USA: you "pop a zit" (or pimple) and if you have more than one zit you have acne. |
1 Sep 2015
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