The eighth question of the questionnaire is designed to find out what kind of English slang
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gonna, gotta, wassup). The second is the kind of slang which is called aphaeresis (‘bout, ‘cause, ‘kay,
‘cept), the loss of a word initial unstressed syllable. The third is the kind of slang which belongs to
acronym (Lol, Omg, Imho, Idk), word derived from the initial of several words. The fourth is the kind
of slang which falls under the category of the new insight of the pre-existing words (Chill, Nerd, Epic,
Lame).
For the first row, 28 respondents or 93,33% of them gave checklist on it, with 4 respondents
gave one checklist, 6 respondents gave two checklists, 11 respondents gave three checklists, and 7
respondents gave four checklists. For the second row, 20 respondents or 66,67% of them gave
checklists on it, with 7 respondents gave one checklist, 7 respondents gave two checklists, 4
respondents gave three checklists, and 2 respondents gave four checklists. For the third row, 30
respondents or 100% of them gave checklist on it, with 9 respondents gave one checklist, 11
respondents gave two checklists, 7 respondents gave three checklist, and 3 respondents gave four
checklists. For the fourth row, 18 respondents or 60% of them gave checklist on it, with 8 respondents
gave one checklist, 4 respondents gave two checklists, 4 respondents gave three checklists, and 2
respondents gave four checklist.
The result of all the respondents’ answers as shown by the bar chart indicates that 100%
respondents know and use the slang words which belong to acronym, because the advantage of using
acronym is really clear which is to cut down the time when texting or tweeting. It’s not surprising if
people see the use of acronyms everywhere, especially when young people communicate with each
other by sending message, or updating status. The bar chart also showed that 93,33% respondents
know and use slang words which fall under the category of blending two words or more that are
blended together. Then, 66,67% use aphaeresis and the remaining 60% use new insight of the pre-
existing word.
Table 2 English Slang Words when Talking or Texting
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