I wondered about this, the sentence breaks down to the fact she doesn't want to tell the caller where she is. It could be her mother and she's off to a boyfriend for instance.
The volume could be a form of nervousness, especially since the girl's age and rush of hormones associated with puberty and how nervous that age group usually are anyway.
Its too easy to say its their iPod played at high volume that has caused the high speech volume, but that is to drown out the rest of the world.
The language is a form of rebellion, something teenagers do very well at. Do you think she'd listen to someone quoting from the manual of style when they believe they know more than their parents?
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Date: 2007-12-14 10:06 am (UTC)The volume could be a form of nervousness, especially since the girl's age and rush of hormones associated with puberty and how nervous that age group usually are anyway.
Its too easy to say its their iPod played at high volume that has caused the high speech volume, but that is to drown out the rest of the world.
The language is a form of rebellion, something teenagers do very well at. Do you think she'd listen to someone quoting from the manual of style when they believe they know more than their parents?