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    speakers use a fairly informal register‚ yet refrain from using slang words or jargon in order to make their story understandable to the presumably wide audience listening to the radio. For example‚ Cameron uses phrases such as “/i:z/ always been an active wee boy” and Meg also uses similar phrases such as “and /i:/ had a wee routine”. Neither of the speakers uses a slang word nor jargon in the extract. Because neither speaker uses slang or jargon‚ they earn credibility and sympathy from the audience

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    to landline house phones‚ to text messaging on cell phones and various social network sites. What were the 1950’s like? Now that we are in a new century and millennium‚ 1950 sounds so very long ago. During the 50’s decade‚ a lot of people used slang language that they got from the big screen. They often used the sayings from the movies that it got interpreted into our everyday life such as “I have lots of bread” for having lots of money‚ “he is cruisn’ for a bruisin’” for someone that looking

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    throughout history. Of course‚ it means one that hooks‚ and most are familiar with the chiefly North American slang definition of the word which defines a hooker as a prostitute. However‚ there are other definitions that may surprise you. Hooker is also used to describe a position played in Rugby‚ more than likely because the player in the position tries to hook the ball. The word is used as slang to refer to an undiluted brandy‚ whiskey‚ or other liquor as well. Hooker is also used to define one-masted

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    ethics‚ I was lost and had no clue what this had to do with the rest of the article. Who cares about immigrants? This was not changing my world view on the issue of world hunger. He goes into the slang words for generations ago such as Dagos‚ Wops‚ Polacks‚ Chinks‚ and Krauts‚ what are half of these slang words referring to and who cares what they are referring to‚ it has nothing to do with the issue of preserving your life boat‚ what to do when there are too many mouths to feed and not enough food

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    audience I’m generally formal with‚ strange and unfamiliar. I also believe I do this because I expect an audience of that kind to object to it since teenage slang is most frequently thought as discourteous and lethargic As a teenager myself‚ I feel that media has played a strong part in influencing ‚ especially by the internet and TV. Habitually slang words such as "OMG‚ peng‚ lol‚ fam and convo" etc ‚are commonly used on social network sites like Face book‚ Twitter etc..; this is becoming a vast growing

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    commonly referred to as the "roaring twenties" in The Modern Temper: American Culture and Society in the 1920s there is an intentional emphasis placed on the effort to dispel the popular notion that the new‚ revolutionary transformations in culture and society that took place at this time in history were direct results of the First World War. In the stead of this less insightful means of analyzing the 1920’s in America by assuming that the post war era was a direct creation and consequence from the war

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    today’s society use the slang‚ especially young people. Surprisingly not only young people use it‚ but people in the business world and the military use it too‚ just in a different form‚ such as using specific wording like abbreviations and code words. Even though slang is being used all the time‚ it is unacceptable in school curriculums. However‚ slang should be allowed in Standard English since there is little to no legitimate reason why students can’t express themselves though slang. Teachers simply

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    Perpustakaan Unika AN ANALYSIS OF THE JARGON USED IN DISCOTHEQUES A Thesis By: Willy Ariyanto Student Number: 05.80.0041 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME FACULTY OF LETTERS SOEGIJAPRANATA CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY SEMARANG 2009 Perpustakaan Unika AN ANALYSIS OF THE JARGON USED IN DISCOTHEQUES A Thesis Presented as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements to Obtain the Sarjana Degree in the English Letters Study Programme By: Willy Ariyanto Student Number: 05.80.0041 ENGLISH

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    this successfully by maneuvering his diction. By the use of slang‚ soldier jargon‚ and vulgar language the author is able to manipulate his diction to simplify the reading‚ to connect fiction with reality‚ and to establish a distinction between characters. O’Brien often uses informal diction presenting slang during dialogues with the purpose of simplifying the reading and bringing the reality of soldier communication. The use of common slang makes the readers relate to the wording and understand the

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    than if it were a formal situation. There is also the use of words and phrases which could only be understood in this context‚ like idiolect and words that a particular age group use. In a formal situation there wouldn’t be as much interruption or slang words‚ as it wouldn’t be appropriate. In the transcript‚ there is a lot of interruption which shows they know each other quite well and wouldn’t get offended by it. This is shown when speaker A says “on //Saturday//” and speaker B overlaps by saying

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