{"id":7975,"date":"2024-02-01T16:45:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=7975"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:23:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:23:46","slug":"catching-on-to-cants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/catching-on-to-cants","title":{"rendered":"Catching on to cants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Language, beyond its primary role as a tool for communication, serves as a way to differentiate identity, location, class, and more. Dialects, accents, and colloquialisms can indicate certain attributes, connecting people from similar groups. For many marginalized groups, language becomes a reserved space and is gatekept to protect themselves and their culture. Historically, this codified form of communication and lingo is referred to as cants. To understand their importance, learn what cants are and how to recognize them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Catching-on-to-cants-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Catching-on-to-cants-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Catching-on-to-cants-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Catching-on-to-cants-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"Two women on swings\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the role of cants in preserving identity and communication within marginalized groups. 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