Argot (pronounced /ˈɑrɡoʊ/; French‚ Spanish‚ Romanian and Catalan for "slang") is a secret language used by various groups—including‚ but not limited to‚ thieves and other criminals—to prevent outsiders from understanding their conversations. The term argot is also used to refer to the informal specialized vocabulary from a particular field of study‚ hobby‚ job‚ sport‚ etc. The author Victor Hugo was one of the first to research argot extensively.[1] He describes it in his novel‚ Les Misérables‚
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aware of her self-concept. 2. How is self-concept affecting the interaction? Is it helping it? Hindering it? Explain. Toya’s self-concept is not allowing her to work at a performance she should. The way Toya takes criticism from other’s is not professional and will ultimately cause different situations at the work place that should not be due to her ways of handling certain situations. When Toya has someone placed in her life that tries to make a difference she will shun the input because she
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Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont CMC Senior Theses CMC Student Scholarship 2012 How Men And Women Differ: Gender Differences in Communication Styles‚ Influence Tactics‚ and Leadership Styles Karima Merchant Claremont McKenna College Recommended Citation Merchant‚ Karima‚ "How Men And Women Differ: Gender Differences in Communication Styles‚ Influence Tactics‚ and Leadership Styles" (2012). CMC Senior Theses. Paper 513. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/513 This Open Access
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grow‚ change and expand so does the English language. New terms have now been fully absorbed into our language‚ otherwise known as slang. Some say that slang is not true English; that it should not belong in our vocabulary‚ but I am here to tell you otherwise. Slang has been used for many years and is slowly shaping the English language‚ to make it more interesting and unique. So what really is slang; how has it spread and has it enriched our language? To begin with‚ slang is neither profanity nor
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ENGLISH SLANG/IDIOMS SLANG: Nonstandard vocabulary of a given culture or subculture. In other words‚ slang is typically a nonstandard word‚ not a phrase as is an idiom. Slang would include words like pooped‚ to down a drink‚ boob-tube‚ threads‚ bonkers‚ basket case‚ to name a few. Slang words may or may not have alternative literal meanings. They may be "made up" words. IDIOM: A phrase that is commonly understood in a given culture or subculture to have a meaning different
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The effects of lack of education Did you know that there are currently 121 million children worldwide who are uneducated? This is a big problem for the future of the world and for us. The lack of education in a country will have numerous of effects on the world. Some of the effects that I going to mention in this essay are: crime and poverty‚ overpopulation and abortion‚ contamination and shortages of resources such as water do to the high waste of it. Everyday the percent of crimes committed
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Communication and intercultural business has been and still is an intricate part of understanding and conducting business with individuals of different cultures. Ever since early business dealings of the past when English explorers used to sail the seas in search of raw materials and spices‚ intercultural business dealings and understanding of other cultures has been the key element in business negotiations. Understanding the way other cultures interact with each other‚ their beliefs and views‚ and
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a barrier … curse‚ words‚ slang etc.. have kept many students from becoming college writers. I am against the use of informal English at all levels of learning systems. It should particularly be discouraged at the very initial stages of learning to avert the disaster of having children hooked to informal language which will sabotage their ability to becoming college professional writers at a later age when in college. When students are so much used to using the slang language verbally‚ it automatically
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Effect of Cultural Differences on Software Development A culture could be defined as the predominating attitudes and behaviour that characterizes the functioning of a group or organization. Through this paper we would like to address the effect of culture in the field of software development and one of the most commonly used model for development of a software Rapid Action Development (RAD). No matter what culture you are a part of; to develop software‚ a development model has to be followed.
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Music is any sound that is artistically created and presented. It is said that we need food so that our body may survive‚ but we need pleasure that so that our mind may survive. And no one gives you more pleasure and peace than music. When we listen to music‚ not only hear it‚ we establish a spiritual connection with any one who is a part of creation of music. All the time we hear any piece of music we feel that its creators are a part of us. It is one the most powerful medium that quite effortlessly
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