spoken language
Transcript one:
Me: Yoo wagone Fats, you aight?
Fats: Yeye, you? Where’s Fabz?
Me: Oh erm nah I dunno where she’s at man, I think she stayed at home instead yanoe
Fats: Oh is it? (2) Maan!
Me: Trust her to not come into school you know, aah man
Fats: Just watch when she gets to school tomorrow. Gonna make sure she’s sorry.
Thanz: (Enters) Hellooo babesh, youse lot aight…
Me: … (Cuts through) heyoo “BABESH” lawls
Thanz: allow me doe, oh yeah err where’s flabzilla at maan?
Me: she’s at erm wotsits…
Fats: … (cuts through) at home probs watching tv and yeah, you know eating oreos and that. Err man
Me: HEEEEY! Oreos are ber nice you know, gosh!
Thanz: Oh anyways guys, I gotta go do my French thingy, you know?
Fatz: ehh what thingy?
Thanz: My speaking exam yeah, so I’m gonna, see youse lot later. Wish me luck aha
Me: Good luck “BABESH”
Thanz: lool allow me man
Fats: aight Thanzila good luck yeah now go before Ms Sadoui bites your scarf off bruv.
Thanz: aicha byeeeeeeee
Transcript two:
Me: Hi madam, can I return this library book please?
Madam: Yes you can, your book is overdue by a day and that means you have a 5p fine.
Me: It is? Are you sure madam, can you please double check it please, at the back it says its due today though is it not?
Madam: Ah hold on, let me just check that again, scan your card for me please, (5) Oh sorry, yes you were right, my mistake.
Me: That’s okay madam, is that fine now?
Madam: Yes it is.
Me: Thank You
Madam: Next please
The way we speak depends on the environment and to whom we are speaking to. For instance when speaking in a classroom to a peer we speak however like; most likely to be slang whereas when speaking to the teacher in the classroom we speak much more formally than we would have done whilst speaking to our peers.
The public attitude towards to speaking slang is seen to be quite
Me: Yoo wagone Fats, you aight?
Fats: Yeye, you? Where’s Fabz?
Me: Oh erm nah I dunno where she’s at man, I think she stayed at home instead yanoe
Fats: Oh is it? (2) Maan!
Me: Trust her to not come into school you know, aah man
Fats: Just watch when she gets to school tomorrow. Gonna make sure she’s sorry.
Thanz: (Enters) Hellooo babesh, youse lot aight…
Me: … (Cuts through) heyoo “BABESH” lawls
Thanz: allow me doe, oh yeah err where’s flabzilla at maan?
Me: she’s at erm wotsits…
Fats: … (cuts through) at home probs watching tv and yeah, you know eating oreos and that. Err man
Me: HEEEEY! Oreos are ber nice you know, gosh!
Thanz: Oh anyways guys, I gotta go do my French thingy, you know?
Fatz: ehh what thingy?
Thanz: My speaking exam yeah, so I’m gonna, see youse lot later. Wish me luck aha
Me: Good luck “BABESH”
Thanz: lool allow me man
Fats: aight Thanzila good luck yeah now go before Ms Sadoui bites your scarf off bruv.
Thanz: aicha byeeeeeeee
Transcript two:
Me: Hi madam, can I return this library book please?
Madam: Yes you can, your book is overdue by a day and that means you have a 5p fine.
Me: It is? Are you sure madam, can you please double check it please, at the back it says its due today though is it not?
Madam: Ah hold on, let me just check that again, scan your card for me please, (5) Oh sorry, yes you were right, my mistake.
Me: That’s okay madam, is that fine now?
Madam: Yes it is.
Me: Thank You
Madam: Next please
The way we speak depends on the environment and to whom we are speaking to. For instance when speaking in a classroom to a peer we speak however like; most likely to be slang whereas when speaking to the teacher in the classroom we speak much more formally than we would have done whilst speaking to our peers.
The public attitude towards to speaking slang is seen to be quite