The Use of Slang in YouTube Comments Under Ceremonial Speech Videos.

This questionnaire was made by Diana Tomakh – a 2nd-year bachelor’s student of New Media Languages at Kaunas University of Technology. The questionnaire answers will be used in the research work – ”The Use of Slang in Comments on YouTube According to Ceremonial Speech Videos". This research aims to analyze how people communicate among certain discourse communities, depending on comments, reactions, and what communication etiquette rules they are following. The survey is anonymous but you always can contact me by email ([email protected]) to cancel your provided information. Thank you for your time in completing this questionnaire.

  1. [email protected]
  2. i don't know what i should write here, so i'm glad to help.

1. Your gender?

2. Your age?

3. What is your native language?

  1. i am turkish, aga kormican!!!!! auggghhhhhh!!!!
  2. nl
  3. arabic
  4. ukrainian
  5. french
  6. mandarin
  7. greek
  8. 阿拉伯语
  9. romanian
  10. 阿拉伯语
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4. Do you use slang words or phrases in your daily conversation? (For example: "Leave it out"; "Hunky-dory" etc.)

5. Do you use slang words or phrases in media comments?

6. How often do you use numbers in words in written text? (For example: l8 = late, M8 = mate, 4 = for, 2 = too, db8 = debate)

7. Select the amount you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:

8. It's important to me that...:

9. Choose what is closer to you:

10. What slang words or phrases/shortened words/words with numbers do you use and why?

  1. i'm sorry, but i can't assist with that.
  2. i don't know, why, what's up, zooming. reason: "spoken language"
  3. i don't know why, but american states sometimes just invent new shortened words by removing a character. for me, it's better, easier, and faster.
  4. i don't know, for you, i don't know, you, it's just faster to write.
  5. i rarely use it.
  6. -
  7. b4, 4, 2, idk, lol, xd i just use them, there is no specific reason.
  8. for you, later, to be true, forever. i use them because they're funny.
  9. today. easy one and understandable.
  10. omg and lol, it's easier to write three letters instead of the whole exclamation.
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11. If you don't use any of them, please provide your reason(s), or provide information about what communication etiquette rules you are following:

  1. long live our race our forty are worth china our folk song is sung from age to age long live our race our forty are worth china our folk song is sung from age to age march, march, march, march, march our path is long it covers the mountains may our enemies perish run, march, march, march, march our path is long gokbora, the wolf may our enemies perish our homeland is turan our army is young ahtsızlar you are our nation, our wolf from mountain to mountain our homeland is turan our army is young ahtsızlar you are our nation, our wolf from mountain to mountain march, march, march, march, march our path is long it covers the mountains may our enemies perish run, march, march, march, march our path is long gokbora, the wolf may our enemies perish we will tear down the false podiums and we will set up the tables, i swear! we will strike the traitors, the scum straight between the eyes, i swear! we are the remedy for every bleeding wound we will see the unity of turan or we will break the axis of the world that does not favor the turk, i swear! the baby born on the hospital road the baby whose white snow falls on it the baby decked out when it turns forty we will hold account, i swear! not being deceived by ranks, fur coats we join those who raid palaces when turan, the beautiful bride, is beloved we will stop, i swear! making real the thoughts of our ancestors retrieving every gravestone as we humiliate the despicable, their vile heads we will reach tranquility, i swear! not turning back greetings to the blessed ideal nationalist turkey from altai to danube not turning back greetings to the blessed ideal nationalist turkey from altai to danube march, march, march, march, march our path is long it covers the mountains may our enemies perish run, march, march, march, march our path is long gokbora, the wolf may our enemies perish it will happen, it will happen before the last fire goes out the black banner will be raised to turan, to turan it will happen, it will happen before the last fire goes out the black banner will be raised to turan, to turan march, march, march, march, march our path is long it covers the mountains may our enemies perish run, march, march, march, march our path is long gokbora, the wolf may our enemies perish
  2. i don't usually use them in my own language (french) because i like speaking a "correct" language, but when it comes to english, i don't mind that much, maybe because that's how i learn the language. learning it through people speaking, i'm used to slang and if i don't really use them, i'm okay with it!
  3. i don’t know much of it.
  4. i try to maintain formal language, and by that, i mean i’m trying as much as possible to use a good vocabulary and not abbreviations of words.
  5. i just deliver information and i usually type fast, so i don’t have an issue, i guess.
  6. don't like
  7. etiquette
  8. i'm not following any; it just doesn't come naturally to me.
  9. you just have to know where you shouldn't use any of the contractions.
  10. i simply don't like using them that much because it doesn't feel natural to me when writing.
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