Top 5 Reasons Darien Kids Can Say Ballin'
A group of Brien McMahon High School students in Norwalk fired the opening salvo when they started a Facebook group, "Kids from Darien Can’t Say the Word Ballin." But DHS students are responding to that caveat with a few thoughts of their own. Here's what some sophomores had to say about this urgent linguistics brouhaha.
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Sophomore Eric Parnon
"Yes, everyone has a right to say what they want. And some people who live in Darien are ballers, like myself."
Sophomore Parker Lange
"Yes, it's a matter of freedom of speech."
Sophomore Carter Cordner
"Yeah, we're all ballers."
Sophomore Anthony Donato
"Freedom of speech!"
Sophomore Grace Daly
"It's weird they're targeting that word, there are other terms we use that we have no place saying. I don't see anything wrong with ballin'."
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