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Layli Nadhifah 201110100311195

Retno Puspa 201110100311196

Elin Wika Sari 201110100311198

Verina Retno Palupi 201110100311201

Ismi Juwita Rani 201110100311212

Sumantiah 201110100311215

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Definition

• One of language variations which only appropriates for casual, ordinary, familiar, and/or informal written or spoken conversation, rather than for formal speech.

• One of language variations which is used in ordinary conversation or when writing letter to intimate friends or close friends.

Colloquial Example in terms of geographical area

• Carbonated soft drink• Upper Midwestern US and Canada “pop”

• Northeastern and extreme western US “soda”

• Southern US “coke”

• Maple Doughnuts• Most of US “long John”

• Pacific North West Coregon and Washington “Maple bars”

Example of Colloquial

In form of Words:

Gonna Go to

Wanna Want to

Y’all You all

Watcha Watch out

Gotcha Got you

Doc Doctor

Exam Examination

Flu Influenza

In form of Aphorism:

• To have a crush on somebody= to fall in love with somebody

• Talk to the hand! = Don’t talk to me

• I’m all at sea = I can't understand it in the least.

I can't make head or tail of it = I can't understand it in the least.

• Do not catch your chickens before they are hatched

don’t be too optimistic for something that is blurred or unclear

• The police cannot find any traces; the burglars have indeed given them a hard nut to crack. (K. H.)

Collocations: words that have pair and can’t be separated to each other

• Indonesian example

• Bermuram durja

• Riang gembira

• Sedu sedang

• Suka cita

Colloquial in terms of phrase

• What’s up? = Asking condition

• To put up = put something

• Turn up Volume = make it louder

• Do away = to get rid of something

• Put off = to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity

• Graveyard dead = Death resulting from an extreme method; A death so extreme that there is no attempt made at saving your life or even checking your pulse.

Differences between colloquial and slang

• Colloquial is geographically restricted, while slang may be used in any culture or class of society.

• Colloquial is considered as standard language but slang is not