friends compared with the way I would speak to someone older‚ such as a teacher. When I am in conversations with my group of friends‚ I tend to use different words‚ such as ’ratchet’ – meaning ugly or unattractive‚ which originated from American slang. Another word we use is ’Swag’ which means something along the lines of good and cool‚ but I think it’s a word we use to fit in and none of us are entirely sure what it means. These words are usually from the media‚ but occasionally I am not sure
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the "Lindsfarne Gospel" (37)‚ which contains the first use of the word "cripple." Mairs uses this to allow the audience to view the world in a more formal way. Therefore‚ a gospel might put on a different view of “cripple” rather than an impolite slang term. Her goal is to create an acceptance and understanding of the word and her condition to the society and the people who are living with the condition as well. Mairs points out numerous times that she has as learned to live through her disease
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1. | Question : | Language performs a ________________‚ which means it allows you to explore and investigate the world‚ solve problems‚ and learn from your discoveries and experiences. | | | Student Answer: | | Personal function | | | | Interactional function | | | | Ritual function | | | | Heuristic function | | Instructor Explanation: | The answer can be found in Section 4.2 of Making Connections. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | | Comments: | |
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How can one realize the seriousness of a particular event? Situations in history exist only in our thoughts rather than our presence. As past events have unfolded so has the opportunity for growth. One such era includes the Vietnam War. Tim O’ Brien’s novel entitled The Things They Carried creates an atmosphere of knowledge surrounding the struggles related to the Vietnam War. To grasp the concept of such a brutal historical event one must understand the struggles and decisions made by people
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point you are trying to convey to your audience can be challenging at almost any given time. There are six major barriers that may interfere with your ability to communicate effectively with your audience in business communication. Clichés‚ jargon‚ slang‚ sexist and racist language‚ euphemisms‚ and doublespeak are all barriers that will effect your business communication and will affect your message from being received. Once you have lost someone by saying any of the above the rest of your message
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Often slang words such as "OMG‚ peng‚ lol‚ fam and convo etc " these words are commonly used on social network sites like Facebook‚ Twitter and MSN messenger; slang like this is becoming a vast growing trend with the click of a button a new word can be made and used by thousands of teenagers all over England. Whilst I was growing up‚ TV was big influence on me and it still is today as it is portrayed in American programmes such as family guy and jersey shore etc‚ these particularly use slang words
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certain‚ but the author hints at the narrator being African-American. The speaker makes references to "jazz swing" and talks about writing a blues song. He also makes an obvious attempt at getting our attention by capitalizing the just-approved English slang word "ain’t"‚ which was typically considered a southern black saying; he says "Making jazz swing in / Seventeen syllables AIN’T / No square poet’s job." Knight composes the images of "rocks" and "lizards"; "rocks" are the stones on which the "lizards"
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I. Introduction In today’s society‚ an overlooked question might be what exactly is “cool Cool is a characteristic or label that can be described about any one. Basically‚ cool is just slang for words like awesome‚ fashionable‚ and great. II. Body A. People usually go beyond being thereselves in order to accomplish this cool image. Most believe that being cool or doing whats cool is the way to fit in. Individuals will wear a certain clothes brand because they believe it’s cool. For example‚ When
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Some Big Issues within Psychology The study of psychology is filled with controversy and debate. All of the uncertainties and unanswered questions even push interest in the field. These questions provoke deep thought about why humans behave the way they do‚ where we learned these behaviors‚ how we learned them‚ and more. However‚ almost all of the smaller arguments can be grouped into one big debate: nature versus nurture. It asks if the way we behave comes from nature – the genes we inherit from
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Group paper of Anthropological Linguistic Lecturer: -Hj. Murni Mahmud‚ M. Hum‚ Ph.D. ANALYSIS OF THE USING SLANG LANGUAGE (BAD WORDS) IN MAKASSAR SOCIETY BY MOHAMMAD ASLAMMUDDIN (085214015) TRI WULANDARI (085214017) IHRAM CHARLY (105214017) ENGLISH LITERATURE FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STATE UNIVERSITY OF MAKASSAR 2012 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background Language is a tool of communication. We can send information by communicate it. A communication can be a
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