Woman and Man's Speech Style Used by The Main Characters in LOL Movie

WOMAN AND MANS SPEECH STYLE USED BY THE MAIN
CHARACTERS IN
STUDY PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE
FACULTY OF CULTURAL
CHARACTERS IN LOL (LAUGHING OUT LOUD

THESIS

By:
RATIH PUSPITASARI
0911113117

STUDY PROGRAM OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITAS BRAWIJAYA
2013
LAUGHING OUT LOUD) MOVIE

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CHARACTERS IN LOL (LAUGHING OUT LOUD) MOVIE

THESIS

Presented to
Universitas Brawijaya
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of Sarjana Sastra

BY
RATIH PUSPITASARI
0911113117

STUDY PROGRAM OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
2013
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DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP

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Name : Ratih Puspitasari
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1. this skripsi is the sole work of mine and has not been written in collaboration
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to accept any legal consequences that may be imposed upon me.

Malang, 1 December 2013

Ratih Puspitasari
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Malang, November 2013
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The writer presents her deepest gratitude to Allah SWT for the blessing and
the guidance so that this thesis can be completed. Moreover, the writer delivers her
deepest gratitude to Emy Sudarwati, S.S., M.Pd as the supervisor and Iswahyuni,
M.Pd as the co-supervisor, and also Isti Purwaningtyas, M. Pd as the examiner for
their precious and contributive guidance, continuing encouragement, and suggestion
for the completion of this thesis. A very special gratitude is expressed to her beloved
mother, father, and her big brother for their support, encouragement and prayer.
Moreover, the writer would like to thank the S1 English Study Program students of
2009, Senia Puspita Ayu, Putri Anggun Wigati, Yuliana, Tiara Herman, and Rizda
Marliane, and for those who cannot be mentioned one by one here for their great and
unfailing support and help while the writer was writing this thesis.
The last but not least, the writer also thanks to everyone that could not be
mentioned one by one who supports her in completing this thesis for every single
thing they contribute. Hopefully, this thesis can be useful for everyone especially
students who want to improve their knowledge in linguistics.

Malang, 1 December 2013

The writer

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ABSTRACT

Puspitasari, Ratih. 2013. Woman and Mans Speech Syle Used by the Main
Characters in LOL (Laughing Out Loud) Movie. English Study Program,
Department of Languages and Literature, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Universitas
Brawijaya. Supervisor: Emy Sudarwati; Co-supervisor: Iswahyuni.

Keywords: speech style, language and gender, woman and mans language

Language is important for the society because it is part of human life. In
common communication, a person may use a certain code or variety that is called
as style. The style which occurs in spoken discourse is called as speech style.
Speech styles are the characteristics mode arranging the words, particularly the
use of language between male and female. In this study, the writer is interested in
investigating the differences between woman and man which is reflected in LOL
movie. The research problems of this study are (1) What are the speech style used
by the female main characters in LOL movie?; (2) What are the speech style used
by the male main characters in LOL movie?
This study used descriptive qualitative approach. The data were the
conversations between the female and male main characters. In analyzing the data,
the writer used gender differentiation theory proposed by Adelaide Haas (1979,
p.616). It is stated that male speech and female speech style have been observed to
differ in their form, topic, content, and use.
The finding shows that both women and men have differences in the way
of speaking. Based on form, female characters tend to swear and use more slang
words while man character does not show it. Based on the topic, women are likely
to talk about lifes trouble, pornography, and life style. The topic that man builds
in this movie is also the life trouble. The content of the conversation of this movie
supports the theory that woman has positive value judgment and man has hostile
judgment. Based on use, women are nonassertive while men are assertive.
In conclusion, based on Adelaide Haas theory, the writer found out that
women and men language are mostly different. It happened because women like
to maintain the relationship between each other while men like to say what they
want to say.

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ABSTRAK

Puspitasari, Ratih. 2013. Gaya Tutur Wanita dan Pria yang Digunakan oleh
Tokoh Utama dalam film LOL (Laughing Out Loud). Program Studi Sastra
Inggris, Jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Brawijaya.
Pembimbing: (I) Emy Sudarwati (II) Iswahyuni.

Kata Kunci: gaya tutur, bahasa dan gender, bahasa perempuan dan laki-laki

Bahasa merupakan bagian penting dari kehidupan manusia. Dalam
berkomunikasi, seseorang mungkin menggunakan kode atau variasi tertentuyang
disebut sebagai gaya. Gaya yang terjadi pada tuturlisan disebut sebagai gaya
bicara. Gaya bicara merupakan karakteristik seseorang dalam menyusun kata-
kata, khususnya penggunaan bahasa antara pria dan wanita. Dalam studi ini,
penulis tertarik dalam menyelidiki perbedaan antara bahas apria dan wanita yang
tercermin dalam film LOL. Rumusan masalah studi ini adalah (1) Apasaja gaya
bicara yang digunakan oleh karakter utama wanita dalam film LOL? dan (2) Apa
saja gaya bicara yang digunakan oleh karakter utama pria dalam film LOL?
Studi ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif. Datanya adalah
percakapan antara karakter utama wanita dan pria. Dalam menganalisis data,
penulis menggunakan teori diferensiasi gender oleh Adelaide Haas (1979, p.616)
yang menyebutkan bahwa bahasa pria dan wanita berbeda dalam bentuk, topik,
isi, dan penggunaan.
Hasil studi ini menunjukkan bahwa baik pria dan wanita memiliki
perbedaan dalam cara berbicara. Perbedaan dalam bentuk adalah tokoh utama
wanita menggunakan mengumpat dan kata-kata gaul sementara tokoh utama pria
tidak menunjukkan itu. Berdasarkan topik, wanita cenderung berbicara tentang
masalah hidup sehari-hari, pornografi, dan gaya hidup. Pria juga suka berbicara
tentang masalah hidupnya. Berdasarkan isi, wanita memiliki pertimbangan nilai
positif dan pria memiliki penilaian bertentangan. Penggunaan percakapan pada
wanita dan pria menunjukkan bahwa perempuan dikatakan sebagai kurang
percaya diri akan tutur katanya sedangkan pria dikatakan tegas.
Berdasarkan studi ini, penulis menyimpulkan bahwa wanita menggunakan
gaya tutur yang berbeda dengan pria berdasarkan teori Adelaide Haas. Hal itu
terjadi karena wanita ingin menjaga hubungan antara satu sama lain sementara
pria mengatakan apa yang ingin ia katakan.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE ................................................................................................. i
DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP ......................................................... ii
SUPERVISORS APPROVAL ..................................................................... iii
BOARD OF EXAMINERS CERTIFICATE OF APROVAL .................. iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................... v
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................... vi
ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... viii
LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................... x
LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................... xi

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study ............................................... 1
1.2 Problems of the Study.................................................... 4
1.3 Objectives of the Study.................................................. 4
1.4 Definitions of Key Terms .............................................. 4

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Sociolinguistics .............................................................. 6
2.2 Language and Gender ................................................... 6
2.3 The Differences between Women and Men Language . 9
2.3.1 Form ..................................................................... 10
2.3.2 Topic .................................................................... 11
2.3.3Content .................................................................. 12
2.3.4 Use ....................................................................... 13
2.4 Previous Studies ............................................................ 14

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Research Design ............................................................ 17
3.2 Data Source.................................................................... 18
3.3 Data Collection .............................................................. 18
3.4 Data Analysis ................................................................. 19

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Findings ......................................................................... 21
4.1.1 Lolas Characteristics ........................................... 21
4.1.1.1 Form........................................................... 22
4.1.1.2 Topic .......................................................... 32
4.1.1.3 Content ...................................................... 34
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4.1.1.4 Use ............................................................ 35
4.1.2 Annes Characteristics .......................................... 37
4.1.2.1 Form........................................................... 37
4.1.2.2 Topic .......................................................... 42
4.1.2.3 Content ...................................................... 45
4.1.2.4 Use ............................................................ 46
4.1.3 Kyles Characteristics ........................................... 48
4.1.3.1 Form........................................................... 49
4.1.3.2 Topic .......................................................... 50
4.1.3.3 Content ...................................................... 51
4.1.3.4 Use ............................................................ 53
4.2 Discussion ...................................................................... 55

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion ..................................................................... 62
5.2 Suggestion ..................................................................... 63
REFERENCES ............................................................................................... 64
APPENDICES ................................................................................................ 66

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1 Gender Differences in Conversation .................................................... 9
Table 4.1 The Differences between Woman and Man Language ....................... 60

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix 1 The Transcript of LOL Movie ......................................................... 67
Appendix 2 Berita Acara Bimbingan Skripsi ..................................................... 98
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION

In this chapter, the writer presents the background of the study, problems
of the study, objectives of the study, and the definition of key terms.

1.1 Background of The Study
Language is a tool to communicate with each other. Wardhaugh (1985,
p.1) says that a language is what the members of a particular society speak.
Language is important because we use it in daily activity. As members of a social
group, we need language to express our thoughts. When people are drawn
together, language is the main media to deliver the messages. Thus, language is
important for the society because it is part of human life.
In common communication, a person may use a certain code or variety
that is called as style. According to Holmes (2001, p. 233) style is a choice of
code or variety, whether language dialect or style that can be changed depend on
the addressees and the context. Style can be occurred in written and spoken
discourse. The style which occurred in spoken discourse is called as speech style.
People use more spoken language or speech to interact with other people in daily
life. People have their own style to express their feelings, although they may
speak in the same language. It means that each person uses his/her own style in
speaking. It happens because the styles of the speech belong to the language
variation.
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Speech styles are the characteristics mode arranging the words,
particularly the use of language between woman and man. There were several
studies on language style based on gender. Robin Lakoff in her book Language
and Womans Place (1975) investigates how women speak differently than men.
Gender differences in language arise not because of male and female speakers are
isolated from each other, but precisely because they live in close contiguity, which
constantly causes comparison and reinforces that need polarization-linguistic and
otherwise. Women tend to use fewer taboo words, use more euphemism than men,
they are more polite, and they are more sensitive to matters of correctness; in
contrast, men will use more taboo words and they will straight to the point
(Poynton, 1989).
The writer found an interesting example of women and men speech style
phenomenon in LOL movie which was released in 2010. This movie is a remake
from LOL (Laughing Out Loud) French version in 2008 which was directed by
the same person, Lisa Azuelos. In American version, it starred Demi Moore as
Anne Williams, Miley Cirus as Lola Williams, and Douglas Booth as Kyle. Anne
is a single mother who has close relationship with her teenage daughter, Lola.
Lola has so much pressure in high school romance and friendship. This movie
shows that Lola has many conflicts with her mother and boyfriend, Kyle.
Conversation in a movie can be defined as a reflection of humans life,
including the real situation and the setting of the social life. LOL movie also
contains valuable message about mother and daughters relationship and sacrifice.
Lola has some friends and she always shared her problems to her friends. Lola
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also has boyfriend who always confront with her. From the main characters
conversation in this movie, the writer believed that they are having their own style
in speaking.
Related to the illustration above, the writer wanted to give a contribution
in sociolinguistics, especially on language and gender theories in this study. By
seeing the different style on the main characters, the writer believed that it will be
interesting to analyze women and mens speech style. The writer observed and
analyzed the conversation between women and mens speech style. The writer
only chose the utterances produced by the main female characters, Anne Williams
and Lola Williams; and the main male character, Kyle. The data were taken from
those main characters utterances when they are having conversation together or
with the other characters.
According to Haas (1979, p.616), male speech and female speech have
been observed to differ in their form, topic, content, and use. Aspects of form,
topic, content, and use of spoken language have been identified as sex associated.
Either men or women are more likely to produce specific utterances. By using
Haas theory (1979), this study can be used to increase the understanding of the
differences of women and men language which is reflected in a movie. This study
can also be used as a reference for the reader, especially the student of Faculty of
Culture Study in conducting research about language and gender. The writer
entitled this study Women and Mens Speech Style Used by the Main
Characters in LOL (Laughing Out Loud) Movie.

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1.2 Problems of The Study
According to the background of the study, there are some questions for
this research:
1. What kinds of speech style are used by the female main characters in LOL
movie?
2. What kinds of speech style are used by the male main characters in LOL
movie?

1.3 Objectives of The Study
Related to the problems of the study above, the objectives of the study are
as follows:
1. To find out speech style used by the female main characters in LOL movie.
2. To find out speech style used by the male main characters in LOL movie.

1.4 Definition of Key Terms
To avoid ambiguity and uncertainty in this study, the writer provides the
following key terms:
1. Style: a choice of code or variety, whether language dialect or style that can
be change depend on the addressees and the context. (Holmes, 2001, p.233)
2. Speech style: a variation in an individuals speech correlating with
differences in addressee, social context, personal goal or externally imposed
tasks. (Mayerhoff, 2006, p.28)
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3. Women language: a language that reflects the characteristics of women such
as speak gently and politely, and emphasize in conveying their feeling rather
than information for their comfort. (Holmes, 1991)
4. Men language: a language that reflects that the characteristics of men such as
loquacious and directive, using more nonstandard form, talk more about
sports, money, and business, and more frequently refer to time, space,
quantity, destructive action, perceptual attributes, physical movements, and
objects. (Haas, 1979)
5. LOL Movie: a 2012 American comedy-drama-romance film directed by Liza
Azuelos and starred Demi Moore, Miley Cirus, and Douglas Booth. This
movie told about Lola as the main character who has high school pressure
romance and friendship. She is struggling to build the relationship with her
mother and boyfriend. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL_(2012_film))

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CHAPTER II
REVIEW AND RELATED LITERATURE

In this chapter, the writer discusses some related theories, and also
previous studies related to language and gender.

2.1 Sociolinguistics
Based on Yule (2005, p.205), a speech community is a group of people
who share a set of norms and expectations regarding the use of language. The
study of the linguistics features that have social relevance for participants in those
speech communities is called sociolinguistics. Sociolinguistics deals with several
principles. It can be connected with language and culture, the role language play
in the community, and also tied up with the social psychology. In other words,
sociolinguistics is the study of language to the use of language which is used in a
society.
Sociolinguistics analysis is an appropriate approach in conducting the
writers study related to the differences of speech style between male and female.
In the sociolinguistics discussion, there are some theories regarding to language
and gender theory.

2.2 Language and Gender
As stated in Eckert (2003, p.10), gender is not something we are born
with, and not something we have, but something we do (West and Zimmerman,
1987) something we perform (Butler, 1990). Eckert (2003, p.10) defines sex as
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a biological categorization based primarily on reproductive potential, whereas
gender as social elaboration of biological sex. Thus, we can notice that gender
deals with the social context (social, cultural, and psychological context) while
sex is just a biological state which differentiate between male and female.
Lakoff (1975) says that language is used as much as we use language. As
much as our choice of forms of expression is guided by the thought we want to
express, to the same extent the way we feel about the things in the real world
governs the way we express ourselves about these things. She believes that there
is a hidden meaning behind our linguistics form. She feels that there is inequity
that has been claimed to exist in our society: the roles between men and women.
The socio-cultural differences between men and women may cause other
differences in their speech feature, especially in terms of lexical, grammatical, and
pragmatic problem. In terms of lexical differences (the choice of words), women
are considered less assertive than men. Women are considered to use fewer taboo
forms and more euphemisms than men. In grammar and phonetics, it is said that
women have a more advance pronunciation than men.
Janet Holmes (2003) states that the organization of conversation reflects
the power discrepancy between men and women, especially when we compare the
empirical findings about the distribution of turns between males and females with
the traditional stereotypes about who does more talking than whom. She also
found that in many speech communities women use more of linguistics form than
men; it is generally standard form the overtly prestigious form that women
favour. When men use a form more often than women, it is usually a vernacular
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form, one which is not admired overtly by the society as a whole, and which is not
cited as the correct form.
Those patterns have been described by Trudgill (cited from Holmes, 1992)
called a women linguistics behavior. There are three different explanations why
women tend to use more standard forms than men. Firstly, women have a role as a
guardian of societys value. Society tends to expect better behavior from women
than from men. The second is womens status as subordinate group. Women are
demanded to be polite. Consequently, they have to speak carefully and politely
which can be seen through their use of standard speech form when they are
speaking to someone. According to Holmes, womens greater use of standard
speech forms may then simply be a reflection of their sensitivity to contextual
factors.
According to Coates (1996), womens talk is based on establishing a
connection between participants that leads to a discussion of shared values. The
notion of sharing is an important one in Coatess work as the participants will
share their thoughts during the process of the conversation in order to arrive at a
shared understanding. It is in this sense that the talk may be termed
collaborative; it is jointly constructed by all participants. Women take turns and
their utterances compliment previous ones in order to build on the conversation as
a whole. This forms a linguistic parallelism designed to maximise solidarity
(p.80). Tannens (1991, p.80) work in that womens talk is about establishing a
rapport with other speakers and telling secrets or gossiping is one way in
which can be achieved.
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2.3 The Differences between Women and Men Language
There are some theories reviewed by the writer concerning with this issue.
The first theory is the recent theory introduced by Yule (2005) in his book The
Study of Language. The second theory is Adelaide Haas (1979) in Psychological
Buletin entitled Male and Female Spoken Language Differences: Stereotype and
Evidence.
Yule (2005, p.242) states In same gender having pairs conversations,
women generally discuss their personal feelings more than men. It means that
women tend to be more open about their feelings than men do. Women usually
share their personal feelings, but men usually prefer non-personal topics such as
sports, news, and jokes to share. In mixed gender having conversations, the rate of
men interrupting women is substantially greater than the reverse. Women are
likely to use more expressions associated with tentativeness such as hedges (sort
of, kind of) and tags (isnt it, dont you).
Table 2.1 Gender Differences in Conversation
Males Females
1. Prefer non-personal topics. 1. Prefer discussing personal feeling.
2. Give response to an expression or
feeling by giving advices or solution.
2. Prefer to mention personal
experiences in order to response an
expression or feeling.
3. Interrupt more than females do. 3. Prefer to use more expressions
associated with tentativeness, such as
hedges and tags.
Source: Yule (2005, p.242)
According to Haas (1979, p.616), male speech and female speech have
been observed to differ in their form, topic, content, and use. Aspects of form,
topic, content, and use of spoken language have been identified as sex associated.
Either men or women are more likely to produce specific utterances.
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2.3.1 Form
Form is the first aspects which describe the differences about women and
men language. As cited in Haas (1979, p.616), Bloom and Lahey state that:
The form utterances can be described in terms of their acoustic, phonetic
shape . . . in terms of the unit sound, or phonology, the units of meaning
that are words or inflections, or morphology, and the ways in which units
of meaning are combined with one another, or syntax. (1978, p.15)

1) The use of obscene words.
Most widespread belief about mens speech as compared with womens is
that it is coarser and more direct. An early observer of style in language,
Jesperson (1922) observed womens speech to be generally more conservative
than mens in the following ways: Men are readier to coin and use the new terms,
pun, utter slang expressions, and employ profanity and obscenity. Women, on the
other hand, are shy mentioning certain parts of the human body and certain
natural functions by the direct and often rude denominations which men and
especially young men prefer to use among themselves. Women will therefore
invent innocent and euphemistic words and paraphrases which sometimes may in
the long sentence. Therefore, using obscene words in womens conversations
have to be avoided and replaced by more decent words. (p. 245)
Lakoff (1975, p.50) provides the examples on the how women and men
using those terms to express their feelings:
The difference between using 'shit' (or 'damn', or one of many others) as
opposed to 'oh dear', or 'goodness', or 'oh fudge' lies in how forcefully one
says how one feels - perhaps, one might say, choice of particle is a
function of how strongly one allows oneself to feel about something, so
that the strength of an emotion conveyed in a sentence corresponds to the
strength of the particle. Hence in a really serious situation, the use of
'trivializing' (that is, 'women's')
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2) The use of superpolite form
The form of women's language is reputed to be more polite than the form
of men's. Lakoff (1975) notes that women are supposed to be particularly careful
to say 'please' and 'thank you' . . . a woman who fails at these tasks is apt to be in
more trouble than a man who does so" (p. 55). She speculates that "the more one
compounds a request, the more characteristic it is of" (p. 19). An example of a
doubly compound request is "Won't you please close the door?" (p. 18)
Lakoff (1975) informally observes longer sentence forms in women than
in men, possibly resulting in the impression of more speech. For example, women
are more likely to compound a request: "Will you help me with these groceries,
please?". It is more characteristic of women than "Help me" or even "Please help
me with these groceries." Empirical evidence, however, suggests that at least
under certain conditions women's sentences are shorter than men's.
3) The use of slang words
As stated on Haas (1979), several writers (Labov, 1966; Levine
&Crockett, 1966; Trudgill, 1972) have speculated that men use more slang
expressions than women or even that slang is man's domain. It has been observed
that men are more likely to use ending in rather than ing, and -uh rather than
er.

2.3.2 Topic
Topic refers to the subject matter of the spoken utterance, to what the
conversation is about. As stated on Haas (1979), Kramer (1974) captured much of
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the folklore related to topics of male and female conversations through her study
based on New Yorker cartoons:
Men hold forth with authority on business, politics, legal matters, taxes,
age, household expenses, electronic bugging, church collections, kissing,
baseball, human relations, health andwomen's speech. Women discuss
social life, books, food and drink, pornography, life's troubles, caring for a
husband, social work, age, and life-style. Several of the students who rated
the cartoon captions said they considered all statements about economics,
business or jobs to be male. (p. 83)

2.3.3 Content
Content refers to the "categorization of the topics that are encoded in
messages, "such as "object in general," "actions in general, "and the "possession
relation in general"(Bloom &Lahey, 1978, p.11). Content differs from topic, since
topic refers to particular objects, events, and ideas, whereas content refers to the
more general concept of how the topic is referenced (Haas, 1979, p.620).
The stereotype of the content of spoken language, then, points to positive
value judgments as female marked and hostile judgments as male marked. The
empirical evidence suggests that the content of adult female speech includes more
words implying feeling, auxiliary words, negations, evaluative adjectives,
interpretations, psychological state verbs, and purposive cases. Adult males use
more terms referring to time, space, quantity, destructive action, and perceptual
attributes and more objective cases. Boys have been reported to use more words
related to self, space, quantity, good, bad, negation, and possession. It is likely
that girls use more adjectives.

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2.3.4 Use
"Language use consists of the socially and cognitively determined
selection of behaviors according to the goals of the speaker and the context of the
situation" (Bloom & Lahey, 1978, p.20). Bernard (1972, p.153) suggested that
"instrumental" talk is male associated. Men are stereotyped as the conveyors of
information and fact. Women tend to be handicapped in fact-anchored talk. They
are less likely to have a hard, factual background, less in contact with the world of
knowledge.
Deborah Tannen described several differences about women and men
language. Men grow up in a world in which conversation is competitive - they
seek to achieve the upper hand or to prevent others from dominating them. Men,
concerned with status, tend to focus more on independence. For women, however,
talking is often a way to gain confirmation and support for their ideas. Women
often think in terms of closeness and support, and struggle to preserve intimacy.
Men see the world as a place where people try to gain status and keep it. Women
see the world as a network of connections seeking support and consensus.
Assertiveness was observed as part of the male stereotype by Kramer
(1974) in her study of cartoon captions. Lakoff (1975) suggests that women's
speech is nonassertive. Tentativeness has been stereotyped as female. Lakoff
(1975) suggests that tag questions (e.g., "It's cold, isn't it?") are used far more
often by women than by men. This form of question avoids assertion and gives
the addressee the option of agreeing or disagreeing. Women's speech is said to be
"hedge marked". Women tend to say you know, well, sort of/sort a, you see, I
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guess, or it seems like. Women also are likely using tag question John is here,
isnt he? to show their less assertiveness.
Men and women may take requests in different ways. Lakoff (1975)
observed that women state request and men issue command. Women are also
more supportive than men. As stated in Haas (1979, p.623), Strodtbeck and Mann
(1956) reported that women agreed, concurred, complied, accepted, and supported
other speakers almost twice as much as men did. Similarly, women were
antagonistic or offensive half as often as men. Conversely, men were more
assertive. Therefore, men's speech reputedly serves to lecture, argue, debate,
assert, and command; but women's speech is stereotyped as nonassertive,
tentative, and supportive.
Concerning to the writers study, the writes tends to use Adelaide Haas
theory (1979) because she provides the details on her theory rather than Yules
theory. The writer wants to explore more about her theory on the different
language used by women and men, especially in matter of form, topic, content,
and use. In this way, the differences between women and men language could be
figured out clearly.

2.4 Previous Studies
There are some studies related to this study. Lesmana (2009) in her thesis
A Study of Compliment Responses through Facebook 'wall' based on the
Gender analyzed the differences between responses given by males and females
users in facebook. In her thesis, she used Holmes (1995), Wolfson (1989),
Thurlow, Lengel, and Tomie (2004), Huffaker and Calvert (2005) theories to
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determine the differences between males and females responses in facebook. The
finding of this study is that there are differences between males response to males
users compliments, males response to females users compliments and vice versa.
She found that male users are more active in giving response to female users wall
rather than giving response to other male users wall. On the other hand, she
found that female users are more active in giving response to male users wall
rather than giving response to other female users wall. She also found that male
users tend to give response with simple sentence rather than female users.
Secondly, Candra (2012) in his thesis A Sociolinguistics Study on the
Differences between Male and Female Status Updates on Facebook analyzed the
differences between males and female written language through facebooks status
updates. In his thesis, he used Yules theory (2005) to determine the differences
between males and females language. The finding of this study is that both males
and females users of facebook are mostly talking about their personal feelings on
their status updates. However, males and females use different choice of words.
Male users are generally using fewer words than female users. Male users also
avoid shortened words in their sentence, where female users sometimes choose
shortened words in their status updates.
Thirdly, Permatasari (2010) in her thesis Womens Speech Features Used
by the Main Characters of Sex and the City Movie analyzed the ten
characteristics of women language based on Robin Lakoffs theory (1975). The
finding of this study There were only eight types of women's speech features used
in the dialogues, such as lexical hedges or fillers, tag question, rising intonation on
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declaratives, `empty' adjectives, intensifiers, superpolite forms, avoidance of
strong swear words, and emphatic stress. Two kinds of features which were not
used by the characters were specialized vocabularies and hypercorrect grammar. It
means that the characters of Sex and the City movie used womens speech
features which reflect uncertainty and lack of confidence.
From those previous studies, there is a similarity with the present study.
All of the studies are using language and gender theory. Those previous studies
conducted the differences between women and men language. It also has similar
problems of the study in revealing the differences of women and men language.
There are also some differences between the previous studies and this
present study. The first previous study used several theories to differentiate
women and men language, for example Janet Holmes theory (2006) in giving
complaining and David A. Huffacker and Sandra L. Cavert (2005) in how women
and men interact in internet media. The second previous study used George Yules
theory (2005) to determine the language differences. Both previous studies take
the data from written language through facebook status updates. Only the third
previous study takes the data from spoken language. It used Robin Lakoffs
theory (1975) analyze the ten characteristics of women language in the Sex and
the City movie. This present study also concerns on spoken language based on
Adelaide Haas theory (1979). The data were from conversational settings which
are reflected in LOL (Laughing Out Loud) movie.
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CHAPTER III
RESEARCH METHODS

This chapter deals with the method that the writer applies in this study. It
comprises type of the study, data sources, data collection, and data analysis.

3.1 Research Design
In this study, the writer used qualitative method in order to analyze the
conversation between the main characters in their natural setting. According Ary
et al. (2010, p.29), qualitative researchers seek to understand a phenomenon by
focusing on the total picture rather than breaking it down into variables. The goal
is a holistic picture and depth of understanding rather than a numeric analysis
data. Therefore, the writer analyzed the data in the form of words descriptively,
not in the form of percentage or numeral, based on Adelaide Hasss theory (1979)
on the differences of women and men language found in the movie.
Concerning with the method of the study, this study used document or
content analysis since it analyzes the differences between women and men
language through the conversation in a movie. Based on Ary et al. (2010, p.29),
document or content analysis focused on analyzing and interpreting recordered
material to learn about human behavior and related to the communications studies.
Content analysis focuses on analyzing and interpreting recorded materials to learn
about human behavior. The materials may be public records, textbooks, letters,
films, tapes, diaries, themes, reports, or other documents.
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3.2 Data Source
This study focused on the analysis of the main characters utterances;
Demi Moore as Anne Williams and Miley Cirus as Lola Williams from the female
main characters and Douglas Booth as Kyle from the male character. The data
were taken from those main characters utterances when they are having
conversation. The writer notified the characteristics of women and men when they
speak to each other or with other characters in certain settings.

3.3 Data Collection
The writer was the main instrument in conducting this research. The writer
collected, analyzed the data, and answered the research by herself. In addition, the
writer became the research instrument who actively and directly participated in
data collection and data analysis. The method for collecting the data was
document analysis. In order to collect the data, the writer conducted the steps as
follows:
1) Watching the movie more than once in order to record the main characters
conversations.
2) Browsing the script from the internet in order to match the conversation that
the writers has recorded.
3) Identifying the data by differentiating the main characters speech style based
on Haas theory (1979).

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3.4 Data Analysis
In analyzing the women and mens speech style used by the main
characters in LOL Movie, some steps were taken as follows:
1) Marking the sentences from each main character.
2) Identifying each sentence based on form, topic, content, and use. Based on
form, the data is taken by the utterances based on the use of obscene words,
superpolite form, and slang words that the characters said. Based on topic, the
data is taken by a scene which includes the main characters. Based on
content, the data is taken from the utterances of the main characters in giving
response in conversation. Typically, women use words more implying
feelings or evaluative adjectives, while men use objective opinion. Based on
use, the data is taken from the utterances which show the woman or mans
language. Typically, woman uses hedge mark or tag question in her sentence
while man uses direct sentence.
3) Classifying the sentences based on Adelaide Haas theory (1979) by using the
following table:
Form Topic Content Use
Women Characters:
Lola
Anne

Men Character:
Kyle

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4) Explaining and describing the utterances based on the categorization,
including explanation on the functional usage and the meaning of the
utterances and the factor behind the use of those utterances.
5) Concluding the result of the data analysis to answer the problems of the
study.
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CHAPTER IV
FINDING AND DISCUSSION

In this chapter, the analysis of the data is divided into two sections. It
consists of findings of the data and the discussion. The entire subchapter is
discussed in this chapter.

4.1 Finding
The finding is based on the conversational analysis on the female and male
main characters. They are Lola, Anne, and Kyle. The data is taken from those
main characters utterances when they speak to each other or with other characters
in certain settings. Based on Adelaide Haas theory (1979, p.616), male speech
and female speech have been observed to differ in their form, topic, content, and
use. Aspects of form, topic, content, and use of spoken language have been
identified as sex associated. Either men or women are more likely to produce
specific utterances. The data, that is the main characters conversation, are
presented in the appendix and given number.

4.1.1 Lolas Characteristics
Lola Williams is the female main character so that the data are taken from
her conversation with other characters. Her utterances are taken as the
representation of woman characteristics based on Adelaide Haas theory. It is
divided into four classification, they are form, topic, content, and use.
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4.1.1.1 Form
In the classification of form, the data are taken based on the use of obscene
words, superpolite form, and slang words in Lolas utterances.
1) The use of obscene words
The use of obscene words means that the characters are using direct or
rude utterances in the conversation. It is used when the characters are showing
deep feeling about a certain situation. Sometimes, they do it and called it as
swearing.Lola, as the female character, mostly does not using the obscene words.
She uses soften swearing words as the characteristics of woman language; such as
Oh God, Oh My God, or Oh My Gosh. It is shown in data 62, 73, 178, 200, 289,
and 302. In other way, she also uses taboo words, such as Screw you!as in datum
178.
Datum 62
The setting is the street. They are going to gather with other friends. As
they walk, they are having conversation. It starts with Emilys feeling to Mr.
Colin Ross, trigonometri teacher.
Emily : When I went to talk to him in the class, he got all blushy. He got all red
when I was talking to him.
Lola : Oh, God! He's your teacher.
The utterance Oh, God! He's your teacher. is uttered by Lola as the
response of Emilys statement. Lola swears by using the term Oh, God!. She
expresses it because she finds out that her friend madly in love with their teacher.
Lola is using a soft swearing. Swearing is widely considered as an expression of
very strong emotion. This kind of swearing is often used by the women because it
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tends to be softer. In short, Lola is does not taboo words in expressing her
emotion.
Datum 73
The setting is Lolas room. Lola shares her feeling with writing in her
diary book. She writes that she disappointed that she ever dated Chad. Then, the
phone is ringing. She hears that Anne talks to Allen, her father. She surprise that
they still hook up.
Allen : So, can I come over tonight?
Anne : No, we can't do this every night. What's the point of being divorced?
Lola : Oh, my God! Dad's totally hooking up with Mom again!
The utterance Oh, my God! Dad's totally hooking up with Mom again! is
uttered by Lola after she hears her parents conversation on the phone. She swears
about it because she finally knows that her parents will meet up that night. It
makes Lola feel so uncomfortable. She uses softer swearing Oh, my God!. Her
utterance by swearing is her result of direct reaction for knowing the truth.
Datum 178
The setting is in the corridor. Chad tries to insult Lola with call her as a
whore. Lola gets angry and pick up a fight with Chad.
Chad : Skank-ass ho.
Lola : Stop calling me that! Stop calling me that!
Kyle : Hey, come on. Leave it.
Chad : You're pretty hot when you're mad.
Lola : Screw you!
The utterance Screw you! is uttered by Lola to show her anger to Chad.
She uses a taboo word because Chad harasses her. She says that to show that she
is really mad. She even hits Chad and makes him into the corner. Using
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swearwords is a way to express the strong emotion. When she really says the
swearwords which is rude, it means that the level of anger is high.
Datum 200
The setting is in the dining room. Anne is really angry because of Lolas
behavior. Anne is got called by the school because Lola picks a fight in the
school. Then, Anne asks some questions to Lola.
Anne : Your Chad?
Lola : He's not my Chad anymore, Mom.
Anne : Why did he call you that?
Lola : God, do you have to know everything?
The utterance God, do you have to know everything? is uttered by Lola
because she feels disappointed that Anne wants the whole story. She chooses
softer swear sword God to show her disappointment.
Datum 289
The setting is in the school hall. The school invites a detective who expert
on narcotics to give the students counseling about its dangerous. Then, the
detective comes up to the hall and attracts Lola and Annes attention.
School Principal : Settle down, please. Quiet, please. Quiet! Welcome, parents
and students.
Lola : Oh, my gosh. He's so cute.
Emily : Check him out.
School Principal : We have a detective from the Narcotics Division of the
Chicago Police Department. He's here to talk to you today.
So, please, give him your undivided attention.
Lola : He's got my attention.
The utterance Oh, my gosh. He's so cute. is uttered by Lola as her
expression of the detectives arrival. She feels so attracted to him because she
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thinks that he is charming showed by using Oh, my gosh. This is a kind of
expression of women when they are in emotion.
Datum 302
The setting is in the school stairs after narcotics counseling from Detective
James. Lola and Janice peek Anne and James are talking in the corridor.
Janice : Does she know him?
Lola : Oh, God, I hope not.
The utterance Oh, God, I hope not. is uttered by Lola as the response to
Janice. She expresses it with Oh, God which is a softer swearing. She does not
want Janice mocks her mother. She also hopes that Anne will not make a date
with the detective.
2) The use of superpolite forms
The use of superpolite form is one of the characteristics of womens
language, especially in requesting something. Womens language is reputed to be
more polite than man. The more one compounds a request,the more characteristic
it is of. It is shown in data 27, 131, 184, 216, and 543. Women are also would like
to say Please, as shown in datum 184.
Datum 27
The setting is in the bathroom. Lola is going to have a shower time with
her mother, Anne and her little sister. Then, Anne finds out that Lola doing
Brazilian wax. So, she investigates Lola with some questions.
Anne : You haven't done anything with boys. I mean, you would tell me,
right?
Lola : Yes, Mom. I would tell you. I just want to take a nice, relaxing
shower and hang out with my family. And then, here you go,
putting me on trial for my grooming choices. I'm not a baby
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anymore.
The utterance Yes, Mom. I would tell you. is uttered by Lola as the
response of Annes statement. This utterance can be classified as superpolite form.
Lola uses a full sentence when she answers Annes question. Anne feels so worry
about her daughter. Lola does this to make sure to her mother that she would tell
everything if something happens to her. Lolacan just answer with short form, like
Yes, Mom. but she uses this form to show her politeness and respect to her
mother, Anne.
Datum 131
The setting is in dining room in Anne and Lolas house. Anne invites some
friends that night to have dinner. While Anne is hanging out with her friends, Lola
is having her time with Jeremy, one of Annes friends sons. She finds out that
Jeremy gets surprise a scooter from his father.
Anne : Hey, look who's here.
Lola : Mom, Jeremy got a scooter.
Anne : Jeremy got a scooter.
Jeremys Mother : Jeremy got a scooter?
Jeremy : Yeah. Dad said it was cool.
Roman : Surprise! Yeah, I got the kid a scooter.
Jeremys Mother : Wait, excuse me. We discussed this.
Lola : I think I should get one, too. I could avoid being late for
school.
Anne : It's not gonna happen.
The utterance I think I should get one, too. I could avoid being late for
school. is uttered by Lola when she asks to get a new scooter. The first sentence
shows a polite form. She shares her opinion to get another too, which means she is
being polite to Anne. She also mentions the reason why she needs a scooter in the
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following sentences. Therefore, she uses long sentences to convince Anne to buy
her a new scooter.
Datum 184
The setting is in the school principals room. Lola and Chad is being
investigated because they fight after volleyball class.
Lola : Look, it's not my fault. He won't quit harassing me.
Chad : You wish.
School Principal : Now you guys are harassing me.
Lola : Please don't call my mom.
The utterance Please don't call my mom. is uttered by Lola. She begs to
the school principal not to call her mother because her misbehave. At first, she is
angry that the principal also blames her. Then, she changes her voice with
Please, which is one of the examples of polite form. She does it to show the
politeness towards the principal so that she would not call Anne to the school.
Datum 216
The setting is in the dinning room when Anne is lecturing Lola after she
gets call from the school. Anne feels angry because Lola starts fight in the school.
So, she investigates Lola with several questions. After she finds out the truth, they
make up and Lola asks her phone back and throw the party on the Friday night.
Anne : No, that is not all that I care about. I don't want you making
stupid mistakes out of spite. Baby, I care about you.
Lola : I know. I'm sorry, Mom.
Anne : Why didn't you talk to me?
Lola : I love you, Mom.
Anne : I love you, baby.
Lola : Can I have my phone back now? And have my party on Friday?
The utterance Can I have my phone back now? And have my party on
Friday? is uttered by Lola in asking for her phone back and throw party on
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Friday night. She is using possibility form for asking her requests. She does not
directly say it, but she uses the longer sentences. She would have this kind of
requests to make impression to her mother and to make the request more polite.
Datum 543
The setting is in Lolas house. Lola is asking permission to bring her
friends to have a band practice in her house. She asks politely to her mother.
Lola : Mom? Can I ask you a favor?
Anne : Already? Yes?
Lola : It's like... You would be the best mom in the whole, wide world.
Anne : What do you want?
Lola : I just have a few friends that need to do band practice. Come
here! This is Kyle. You remember Kyle, right?
The utterance Mom? Can I ask you a favor? is uttered by Lola to get
permission from her mother. She is using the polite form when she asks this
permission. Lola uses polite form of sentence when she asks for help as
suggestion to be done by her mother. This kind of polite form does not need
obedience because Lola reflects request rather than command.In this case, Lola
gets her permission whether her mother does not say yes or no.
Although the use of slang words is the characteristics of mens language, it
is also shown in this female main character, Lola. She mostly uses the shorten
words be going to becomes gonna, as shown in data 166, 253, and 257. She also
uses several slang words which are commonly used in America, as shown in data
14, 44, 149, 166, 253, and 257.

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Datum 14
The setting is in school corridor when Lola and Chad meet up together
after a long time not seeing each other.
Lola : You didn't call or text me.
Chad : I did. You just didn't get it because there was no reception. Plus,
I kind of hooked up with this girl, another counselor.
Lola : Yeah, no problem. I just...
Chad : It was just a onetime thing.
Lola : No, it's cool, I'm happy you said that. 'Cause I hooked up with
somebody, too. Just to try it.
Chad : I really hope you kept his number. I mean, I'd hate for you to end
up all alone.
Lola responds Chads statement with a common term of slang phrases in
America. She says that Its cool. which means that she is in the of calmness and
do not care about Chads problem.In other way, she uses this phrase to pretend to
Chad that she is not hurt about what Chad did in the counselor camp. According
to the Oxford Dictionary of Slang, cool uses for emphasizing the largeness of the
amount, perhaps from the original sense.
Datum 44
The setting is in the stairs after Lola and Chad meet the school principal.
They come late to the school so that they have to explain it to the principal. After
that, they are allowed to attend their class.
Lola : Did you see her face?
Kyle : Yeah, she totally wants me.
Lola : Shut up!
Lola uses a term of slang phrases which is commonly used in America.
She uses Shut up to respond Kyles statement about the school principals
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reaction about their coming late. She uses this kind of respond in order to make
Kyle stop his talking about his joke.
Datum 149
The setting is in Lolas room when Lola and Jeremy having conversation
together while they parents are having one too in the dining room. Lola shares her
problems to her close friend, Jeremy.
Jeremy : I think I'm going to surfing camp. What about you?
Lola : I don't know, but my dad is totally doing my mom again.
Jeremy : No shit. You cool with that?
Lola : No. I'm sick of them lying to me and I know that it's never going
to work.
Lola uses slang words which are commonly used in America. She
addresses her father by using my dad and her mother by using my mom. According
to the Oxford Dictionary of Slang, the term dad perhaps comes from imitating
childrens pronunciation in their acquisition of language when they would say da-
da andso does the term mom which is also a variation of American slang words in
addressing mother.
Datum 166
The setting is in the locker room. Lola, Emily, and Janice are talking about
Ashley. Emily feels jealous on Ashleys bottom. She wants to be sexy. Then, Lola
offers her about the Victorias Secret which is not being used by her mother.
Janice : Em? Are those Care Bears on your undies?
Emily : Shut up, okay? It's all my mom will buy. What am I supposed to
do about it?
Lola : Mom just got a ton of stuff from Victoria's Secret that doesn't
fit. And she's not gonna return it. Do you want it?
Emily : Yeah.
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The utterance And she's not gonna return it. is uttered by Lola when she
is explaining that her mother has a lot of unusable Victorias Secret. She uses a
shorten form from is not going to to be is not gonna. This shows that Lola
uses kind of slang words when she talks to her friends.
Datum 253
The setting is when Lola sees her mother is picked up by her father
through the window. Their parents will stay together on the weekend in order to
make up again. She feels disappointed because her mother tells that she would
leave with the girls. The grandmother is calming Lola down.
Lola : You knew she was gonna go spend the weekend with Dad.
Annes Mother : Yes, it's so romantic. They're sneaking around like
teenagers.
Lola : Unfortunately, teenagers aren't like that anymore.
Annes Mother : Oh, sweet pea. They're so cute.
The utterance You knew she was gonna go spend the weekend with Dad.
is uttered by Lola as the response of her grandmothers opinion. She finds out that
her mother is going to have a date with her father again. She feels annoyed
because her mother tells a lie to Lola. She uses a shorten form from was going
to to be was gonna. This shows that Lola uses kind of slang words in shorten
words of be going to. Lola also uses a term dadto address her father. Dad is a term
which is known as a common slang word in America. It comes from imitating
childrens pronunciation in their acquisition of language when they would say da-
da to address father.

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Datum 257
The setting is on Lolas house when she holds the party. Janice gets an
idea to make Lolas grandmother drunk. So, they will spend the night freely.
Janice : Excuse me, ma'am. Would you like something to drink?
Annes Mother : Thank you, honey. I'll have a Coke with a little scotch.
Actually, make that a scotch with a little Coke.
Lola : Not so much.
Janice : Listen, this is going to help her sleep, then we're going to
party all night.
Lola : I'm gonna go to hell.
The utterance I'm gonna go to hell. is uttered by Lola as the response of
Janices idea. She freaks that her grandmother will be drunk and if Anne would
know about this, she would be grounded. She uses a shorten form from am going
to to be am gonna. This shows that Lola uses kind of slang words when she
talks to her friends.

4.1.1.2 Topic
conversation is about. In this classification, the data are taken from a scene when
the character, Lola, talks about her daily life. There are two data are taken from
her conversation. They are datum 152 and 340, which refer to womans
characteristics.
Datum 152
The setting is in Lolas room when Lola and Jeremy having conversation
together while they parents are having one too in the dining room. As a close
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friend, Lola shares a lot of things to Jeremy. She is asking Jeremys opinion about
her love life.
Lola : So, I need to ask you a favor.
Jeremy : Okay. What do you need?
Lola : I need you to sleep with me. Come on, what's the big deal? It's not
like I asked you for euthanasia. It's just one little favor. You've
known me forever. Come on.
Jeremy : It's not just a little favor. Okay. What would you say if I asked you?
Lola : Yes.
Jeremy : I say no, okay? I respect you too much.
The topic of Lola and Jeremys conversation is pornography. Lola shares
her sex life with Jeremy, her childhood friend. She directly asks his opinion
whether he would sleep with her or not. She could not help out with her own
boyfriend because she havenever done that before. She is afraid that her boyfriend
will suspect her lying because she is a virgin. She actually wants to figure out the
mens feeling about sleeping with someone. It turns out that Jeremy rejects her
because he respects Lola as a friend.
Datum 340
The setting is in the school corridor. Lola is telling Emily that she feels
upset right now. She finds out Kyle and Ashley end up in the bathroom.
Lola : No, I saw him. He was in there with the Post-it.
Emily : When?
Lola : After that drug assembly thing.
Emily : Okay, are you absolutely positive that it was them?
Lola : Yes. Yes. I saw that stupid bag. No offense.
Emily : No, it's fine.
The topic of Lola and Emilys conversation is a life trouble. Lola is
sharing her feeling when she finds out a bag in the bathroom. She tells to Emily
how it happened when she saw a bag as Ashley has. She keeps telling Emily that
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she saw Kyle and Ashley were together in the bathroom.She shows anger and
disappointment to Emily.

4.1.1.3 Content
Content talks about the categorization of the topics that are encoded in
message. In this classification, womens language is known has positive value
judgment. Womens language is more emotional and evaluative than mans. It can
be seen when women are having conversation, they use hyperbole and greater
adverbs of intensity, such as awful, pretty, terribly nice, quite, and nice. They also
use some adjectives, such as adorable, charming, lovely, divine, etc. From Lolas
conversation, data 407 and 448 are shown that Lola usespositive value judgment.
Datum 407
The setting is in Lolas room. Lola and Anne are packing Lolas stuffs for
her trip to Paris. Anne gives Lola a fancy bracelet as a gift from a mother.
Anne : Okay. So I have a little something for you, just to add to your
collection.
Lola : I love it. Thank you so much. It's so cute. Thank you, Mom.
Anne : You're welcome.
Lola : I love you.
Anne : Let me put it on.
Lola : Yeah. It's so cute.
Lola says It's so cute. as the response of her gift from her mother. That
sentence shows approval from Lola. Words approval of which are frequently used
by woman such as nice, pretty, darling, charming, sweet, lovely, cute, and
precious. She even says it twice to show her gratitude to her mother. This means
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that she shows a positive value judgment to make the hearer also feels glad about
their gift. So, woman tends to build relationship in their conversation.
Datum 448
The setting is in Lola and Emilys room while they are having field trip in
France. Emily feels so guilty to Lola and she asks Lolas forgiveness to make
their relationship better.
Emily : Lola, why are you still mad at me?
Lola : Because I would never do to you what you did to me.
Emily : Yeah, but you don't really even know what happened, and if you
knew, you would not be upset.
Lola : 'Cause you won't tell me!
Emily : Okay, but if I tell you, do you promise that you won't tell anybody
and you won't laugh at me?
Lola : Promise.
As Lolas responses on Emilys questionBecause I would never do to you
what you did to me., it can be concluded as the positive value judgment. Lola
uses more feeling in answering Emilys question. Lola still considers on Emilys
feeling rather than using words directly which could hurt Emilys feeling. She still
can accept what her best friend has done to Lola.

4.1.1.4 Use
In the classification of use, womans language is stereotyped as
nonassertive, tentative, and supportive. Women are likely to use hedge mark, such
as you know, well, sort of/sort a, you see, I guess, etc. Women also tend to use tag
questions to show their non assertiveness. Data 248 and 333 show that Lola uses
hedge mark in her conversation.

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Datum 248
The setting is in Lolas house after Annes leaving with her father. Annes
mother becomes the guardian for Lola while Annes leaving. But, Lola would like
to invite a little party with some friends. So, Lola persuades her grandmother for
the permission of the party.
Lola : Party time.
Annes Mother : No way. Three friends.
Lola : Come on.
Annes Mother : Maybe five.
Lola : Come on.
Annes Mother : Just five.
Lola : You know when she says three, she means like 30.
Lola is using a kind of hedge mark you know to deliver her opinion
about inviting a lot of friends to her house. She knows that she would not be
allowed to do it. The value of using you know is to invite the agreement from
her grandmother. You know is a device to get attention or a way to check with
someones interactional partner whether they are listening, following and
attending to the speakers saying. It means that she uses hedging as the way of
seeking of the word to keep the conversational go smoothly. It is also used for
avoiding a debate between her and her grandmother.
Datum 333
The setting is in the school corridor when Lola is really upset after finding
a bag which similar with Ashleys. She thinks it was Kyle and Ashley doing
something in the bathroom. So, Kyle wants to explain what really happened back
then.
Kyle : Hey, Lol, what's your deal?
Lola : My deal is that everybody knows she does guys in the bathroom,
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Kyle.
Kyle : Wait. What? You think Ashley and I... In the bathroom?
Lola : Well, at least you can get it on with someone. Congratulations.
Kyle : Wow! I guess we're done.
The utterance Well,at least you can get it on with someone.
Congratulations. means that Lola is disappointed because she finds out that Kyle
was in the bathroom with Ashley. She feels in deep hurt feeling although it never
happened.Well can be defined as hedge marked. Woman use well when she has
trouble in starting her statement. Lola feels disappointed so that she uses well to
avoid making long pauses in uttering sentences because she is lack of confidences
in the truth and making it as filler when she is thinking about what to say.

4.1.2 Annes Characteristics
Anne Williams is the female main character so that the data are taken from
her conversation with other characters. Her utterances are taken as the
representation of woman characteristics based on Adelaide Haas theory. It is
divided into four classification, they are form, topic, content, and use.

4.1.2.1 Form
words, superpolite form, and slang words in Annes utterances.
1) The use of obscene words
The use of obscene words means that the characters use direct or rude
utterances in the conversation. It is used when the characters show deep feeling
about a certain situation. Sometimes, they do it and called it as swearing. Anne, as
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the woman character, only swears once in her conversation and uses obscene
words although it does not represent womans language. Datum 114 shows that
she uses Shit! to show her anger.
Datum 114
The setting is in front of the court house, after Anne gets tickets. Anne is
talking with Lola on the phone while she is walking down the stairs hurrily. Then,
her heels is cracked and she feels so angry.
Anne : (talking on the phone) Lola, I said no. I'm on my way home. I'm
at the courthouse. Because I got a ticket. You know what?
Enough with this inquisition. I'm going to just see you at home.
(sound of heel cracking) Oh, shit! Really?
The utterance Oh, shit! Really? is uttered by Anne. She says that
because her heel cracks in front of the court house. She feels really angry because
there is another accident after she gets tickets from police. She is using obscene
words to express her feelings. It means that she has the strong emotion and the
level of anger is high.
2) The use of superpolite form
The use of superpolite form is one of the characteristics of womens
language, especially in requesting something. Womens language is reputed to be
more polite than man. The more one compounds a request, the more characteristic
it is. It is shown in data 86, 268, and 376.
Datum 86
The setting is when Anne comes to her psychiatrist. She feels that she
needs a psychiatrist to help her solve her problems. On this section, she tells to her
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psychiatrist that she is seeing her ex-husband again sneakily. She wants to find out
whether it is good or not for her and the children.
Anne : You think it's a mistake I'm seeing my ex-husband again?
Psychiatrist : Mm-hmm.
Anne : Mm-hmm yes? Mm-hmm no?
Anne : Could you stop saying Mm-hmm and just give me a real
answer?
The utterance Could you stop saying Mm-hmm and just give me a real
answer? is uttered by Anne in asking her psychiatrist. Anne uses a polite form by
making request to the psychiatrist. Using could you concerns on suggesting by the
speaker to the hearer to do something. In this case, Anne requests the psychiatrist
to make a clear answer about her problem because the psychiatrist does not tell
the truth.
Datum 268
The setting is in living room when Anne comes back home in the morning.
She finds out that Lola has uncontrol party. She finds some drugs and condoms.
She would like Lola to explain this accident.
Lola : Hey, Mom.
Anne : What first, joints or condoms?
Annes Mother : It wasn't me.
Anne : That's not funny, Mom.
Lola : I can explain.
Anne : I would so love for you to explain.
The utterance I would so love for you to explain. is uttered by Anne in
showing her anger when she finds out the mess in her house. She wants the true
story about the mess from Lola because it is not like the deal before. Anne uses a
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polite form which she use a complete sentence. She also uses a hyperbole words
so love to express that she wants the explanation seriously.
Datum 376
The setting is in the front of Annes house when James drives her home.
Anne wants to say her gratitude because James is willingly listening to her about
the children
Anne : Thank you for listening to my meltdown. It really helped.
James : It's all part of the job, ma'am.
Anne : It was really nice.
James : It was nice.
The utterance Thank you for listening to my meltdown. It really helped.
is uttered by Anne to show her gratitude towards James. She feels happy that
James has already spent the night and listened to her story. She says it in two
sentences. The first sentence uses the longer form which explains for what reason
she says the gratitude. The second sentence explains her feelings about the help
which James has done.
Although the use of slang words is the characteristic of mens language, it
is also shown in this woman main character, Anne. She mostly uses the shorten
words be going to becomes gonna, as shown in data 132, and 502. She also uses
several slang words which are commonly used in America, as shown in datum
119.

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Datum 119
The setting is in front of the courthouse after Anne gets a ticket. Then, her
heel is cracked and one of the officers, James sees it. James wants to help Anne by
asking to limp to her house.
James : Too bad. So, where are we going?
Anne : What?
James : You can't limp home, and I doubt you'll find a cab this time of
day.
Anne : Well, they kept me in there forever. Stupid asshole cops, giving
me a ticket. Just because my registration's expired one day.
James : You're not gonna find a cab. Trust me, I'm a very safe driver.
Anne : Okay.
Anne utters Okay which can be defined as a slang word. Based on
Oxford Dictionary of Slang, Okay is used to express satisfactory. Nowadays, there
is a lot of form of okay that is also used to express assent, agreement, or
acceptance. In this case, Anne answers James by accepting his offer to limp her to
her house.
Datum 132
The setting is in the dining room when Anne invites her friends for dinner.
Then, Lola is coming. She just finds out that Jeremy gets a new scooter from his
father. So, she wants another too. But, Anne is disagree with her proposal.
Anne : Hey, look who's here.
Lola : Mom, Jeremy got a scooter.
Anne : Jeremy got a scooter.
Jeremys Mother : Jeremy got a scooter?
Jeremy : Yeah. Dad said it was cool.
Roman : Surprise! Yeah, I got the kid a scooter.
Jeremys Mother : Wait, excuse me. We discussed this.
Lola : I think I should get one, too. I could avoid being late for
school.
Anne : It's not gonna happen.
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The utterance It's not gonna happen. is uttered by Anne for
rejectingLolas proposal about new scooter. She feels that it is dangerous for Lola
if she has her own vehicle. She is using the shortened form is not gonna happen
from is not going to happen. This shortened from is a form of a slang word.
Datum 502
The setting is in front of the school after hours. Anne is picking Lola and
she feels furious after she reads Lolas diary book and finds out everything about
Lola. At that time, Lola is still standing with Emily and making good bye kiss.
Lola : I'll see you later.
Anne : Come on, let's go!
Lola : I gotta go.
Anne : Now. We're gonna be late.
The utterance We're gonna be late. is uttered by Anne when she yells to
Lola. She feels furious because Lola makes good bye kiss with Emily. Anne also
feels that it is not good because their relationship is not normally that closed.
Sheuses the shortened form are gonna be from are going to be. This
shortened from is a form of a slang word.

4.1.2.2 Topic
the character, Anne, talks about her daily life. There are three data taken from her
conversation. They are data 86, 126, and 366, which refer to womens
characteristics.

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Datum 86
The setting is when Anne comes to her psychiatrist. She feels that she
needs a psychiatrist to help her solve her problems. On this section, she tells to her
psychiatrist that she is seeing her ex-husband again sneakily. She wants to find out
whether it is good or not for her and the children.
Anne : You think it's a mistake I'm seeing my ex-husband again?
Anne : Mm-hmm yes? Mm-hmm no?
Anne : Could you stop saying Mm-hmm and just give me a real
answer?
From this conversation, it can be concluded that the topic is lifes trouble.
Recently, Anne needs to see the psychiatrist because she needs help to solve his
problems; her divorce, the children, and making up again with her husband.
Woman tends to share their problems to the others. In this case, Anne not only
needs her problems to be solved, but also shares her feelings about her problems.
Datum 126
The setting is in the dining room in Annes house. Anne invites her friends
to have a dinner together. Their conversation starts with Annes new friend,
James.
Jeremys Mother : Is he hot?
Anne : You're so bad. It doesn't matter, because I'm not gonna go
out with some random cop.
A Woman : All right, well then, one night. Quick and dirty. One night.
Anne : No, 'cause that's really not my style.
Jeremys Mother : With a guy?
Anne : No, the quick and dirty.
A Woman : Okay, well, you've been divorced for more than a year. It's
time to step it up. Get your game on.
Jeremys Mother : Let me tell you something, if I was a divorced woman...
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This conversation involves women in it. They start from Annes boyfriend
then they share their feelings about divorced woman. It can be defined that they
talk about the life-style and pornography. It starts with the Annes personal feeling
that she said that she is not kind of a woman who do the quick and dirty with a
man, then they share their personal feelings about divorced woman. Annes
friends also give Anne suggestion to move on her life and go out with James. This
kind of conversation is typically done by women, because they share feelings
rather than get the information from their friends.
Datum 366
The setting is in the restaurant when Anne and James are having a date.
Anne talks about her children to James. She feels guilty about what she does
towards them, especially about Lola. She lets it all out to James.
Anne : With kids, it's always guilt. If I'm too lenient, I'm guilty. If I yell, it's
even worse. And then it's like I'm a cop in my own home.
James : That must be awful.
Anne : I keep insulting your profession.The thing is I'm the one who is
always saying that a woman should have the same rights and should
be able to enjoy sex the same way a man does.
James : I couldn't agree more.
Anne : You know what I mean.
James : I know what you mean.
Anne : But it's my little girl. And now that she's starting to live life as a
liberated woman, I just don't know if I feel the same. And I don't
even know what to do about Paris. I am so confused. I don't even
know what to believe.
James : It's a school trip. You should let her go to Paris.
The topic of Annes conversation is lifes trouble. It can be noticed from
what she says, which she tells about her children to James. She looks so desperate
about controlling her children. First problem which she has is she cannot place
herself when she deals with her children. If she is too soft, she feels guilty. If she
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is too hard, the children would not listen to her. She is kind of in the grey area.
The second problem is Lola. She deals with a teenager who tries to find out
everything by herself and expect the freedom. Anne feels more worry about Lola.
So, she tells about her problems to James when they are having a date.

4.1.2.3 Content
message. In this classification, womans language known has positive value
judgment. Womans language is more emotional and evaluative than mans. It can
be seen when women make conversation, they use hyperbole and greater adverbs
of intensity, such as awful, pretty, terribly nice, quite, and nice. They also use
some adjectives, such as adorable, charming, lovely, divine, etc. From Annes
conversation, data 315 and 376 are shown that Anne is using positive value
judgment.
Datum 315
The setting is when Lola is interrupting Anne and Jamess conversation.
She asks permission to her mother to go to Janices house.
Lola : Mom, can I go?
Anne : No, you have to do your homework at home.
Lola : This isn't fair.
Anne : What was that?
Lola : Nothing. Love you, Mom. I'll see you at home.
Anne : Charming.
Anne utters Charming. in response Lolas behavior when she asks to go
to Janices house. Anne prefers to say charming although she knows that Lolas
behavior is not polite because she leaves her without her permission. She politely
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uses a word charming which is included into emotional adjectives. Most women
uses emotional adjectives on their conversation, such as adorable, charming,
awful, pretty, etc. Woman tends to use her feelings in judge something. So, Anne
would not hurt Lolas feeling by her words. It shows that women use positive
value judgment on their conversation.
Datum 376
The setting is in front of Annes house. Anne is saying her gratitude to
James because he listens to her problems during their date.
Anne : Thank you for listening to my meltdown. It really helped.
James : It's all part of the job, ma'am.
Anne : It was really nice.
James : It was nice.
The utterance It was really nice. is uttered by Anne in showing her
feelings about their date. Most women are using emotional adjectives on their
conversation, such as adorable, charming, awful, pretty, etc. Nice is the one of the
example of emotion that women are implying in showing their feelings. Her
selection of emotion adjectives in her comments shows that woman tends to point
positive value judgment.

4.1.2.4 Use
In the classification of use, womens language isstereotyped as
nonassertive, tentative, and supportive. Women are likely to use hedge mark, such
as you know, well, sort of/sort a, you see, I guess, etc. Data118 and 306 show that
Anne uses hedge mark in her conversation. Women also tend to use tag questions
to show their assertiveness. Anne uses it in datum 398.
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Datum 118
The setting is in front of the courthouse after Anne gets a ticket. Then, her
heel is cracked and one of the officers, James sees it. James wants to help Anne by
asking to limp to her house.
James : Need some help?
Anne : Not unless you can fix this.
James : Not exactly my skill set.
Anne : Then too bad.
James : Too bad. So, where are we going?
Anne : What?
James : You can't limp home, and I doubt you'll find a cab this time of day.
Anne : Well, they kept me in there forever. Stupid asshole cops, giving me a
ticket. Just because my registration's expired one day.
The utterance Well, they kept me in there forever. means that Anne is
disappointed because she gets the ticket because of the late registration. Well can
be defined as a hedge marked. Woman use well when she has trouble to start her
statement. Actually, Anne agrees with James opinion about the taxi would not
come but Anne feels doubt to limp with a stranger.So, she uses well to avoid
making long pauses in uttering sentences and then continue about her anger on
policemans work.
Datum 306
The setting is in the school corridor. James stops Anne after the drug
counseling. James wants to ask her to go buy a drink but Anne feel hesitate to
accept it or not.
Anne : You know, that was so great, to the... The talk in there. I...
James : I'm gonna buy you a drink.
Anne : Mmm, I.
James : It wasn't a question. I'm telling you I'm gonna buy you a drink.
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Anne uses You know in starting her conversation. It means that she has
trouble in answering James offer. Woman tends to have trouble in starting their
sentence and keeping the conversational go smoothly. She feels doubt in
answering the offer because she feels shame. She never imagines that she will
meet James again in some other place and time. So, Anne uses the hedge mark to
avoid the pause in the conversation and hides her feelings about it.
Datum 398
The setting is in Lolas room. Lola and Anne are packing Lolas stuffs for
field trip to Paris. They have a little conversation during that moment.
Anne : You promise you're going to be careful, right?
Lola : Why do you keep asking me that?
Anne : I really don't feel comfortable with you staying with a family that I
don't know.
Lola : Mom, they're French. They're probably stricter than you.
The utterance You promise you're going to be careful, right? is uttered
by Anne in asking Lola. She wants to confirm whether she will be careful while
doing her field trip in Paris. She uses the tag question right reflects uncertainty
related to something unknown by the speaker. Anne is unsure about something
she believes that Lola will be all right on the whole field trip in Paris. So, she is
encouraged to ask something related to her doubt to get some information as the
reason of her question.

4.1.3 Kyles Characteristics
Kyle is the male main character so that the data are taken from his
conversation with other characters. His utterances are taken as the representation
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of woman characteristics based on Adelaide Haas theory. It is divided into four
classification, they are form, topic, content, and use.

4.1.3.1 Form
words, superpolite form, and slang words in Kyles utterances.
Using slang words is typically for men. In this classification, men are
likely to use men use ending in rather than ing, and -uh rather than er. In other
way, Kyle does not use this kind of slang words. He utters some common slang
words that used in America as shown in datum 94 and 477.
Datum 94
The setting is in the studio music when No Shampoo is getting started
their practice for the battle. Unfortunately, Kyle gets a call from her mother that
tells him to go home right away.
Kyle : No, I'll make it up next time, I promise.
Lloyd : Make it up? Bro, we're gonna suck if we don't practice. Battle of
the Bands is coming up.
Kyle : We're not going to suck, dude. We're putting in the time. It's
going to be fine, okay?
Chad : Dude, these kids practice every day, all right? They don't have to
go home when mommy calls.
Kyle uses word dude which means a slang word. This kind of slang word
is commonly used in America. Based on Oxford Dictionary of Slang, dude means
over-refined or dandy man. Nowadays, the American says dude or bro especially
for male to show the close relationship between them.
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Datum 477
The setting is in the studio music. Chad and Kyle are discussing how to
make Kyle gets out his house when the battle is held. Kyle needs to go with his
band without his fathers permission.
Chad : So, is your old man going to let you play the gig? Or are we going
to have to tunnel you out?
Kyle : Are you kidding? There's no way I'm going to let my dad ruin our
chance at getting signed. This is huge, right?
Chad : I mean, it's like the biggest chance we have, dude.
Kyle : Maybe your parents could adopt me.
Chad : Yeah, but then my brother could be hooking up with my ex-
girlfriend in my own house.
Kyle uses slang word which is commonly used in America. He addresses
her father by using my dad. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Slang, the term
dad perhaps came from imitating childrens pronunciation in their acquisition of
language when they would say da-dain addressing mother.

4.1.3.1 Topic
the character, Kyle, is talking about his problems. There is one datum taken from
his conversation. Datum 477 shows that Kyle is sharing his problem with his
friend.
Datum 477
The setting is in the studio music. Chad and Kyle are discussing how to
make Kyle gets out his house when the battle is held. Kyle needs to go with his
band without his fathers permission.
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Chad : So, is your old man going to let you play the gig? Or are we going to
have to tunnel you out?
Kyle : Are you kidding? There's no way I'm going to let my dad ruin our
chance at getting signed. This is huge, right?
Chad : I mean, it's like the biggest chance we have, dude.
Kyle : Maybe your parents could adopt me.
Chad : Yeah, but then my brother could be hooking up with my ex-
girlfriend in my own house.
Kyle : Look, man, about that. You just got to get over it.
Chad : It's cool. Look, just keep it real with me, and we'll be cool. I mean,
we're like brothers, right?
From the conversation, it can be concluded that the topic is about the lifes
trouble. They figure out how Kyle can get out from his house when the battle is
held. Kyle asks to his friend to help him out. Kyle also shares his feelings about
the situation at his house. Then, the conversation goes to a girl, Lola. Chad feels
disappointed that Kyle and Lola keep their relationship behind him. Then, Kyle
also feels bad and calms Chad down. But, Chad tells Kyle not to worry about it if
Kyle keeps telling the truth.

4.1.3.2 Content
message. In this classification, mens language known has hostile judgment. Man
is likely to use direct opinion in judging something. Data 58, 280, and 352 show
the characteristics of mens language.
Datum 58
The setting is in the classroom when Kyle starts her conversation with
Chad by giving comments to the girls. But, Chad responses him coldly.
Kyle : Man, the girls are in heat.
Chad : Yeah, you would know.
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Kyle : What? What's your problem?
As a man, Kyle starts conversation with his friend directly. He says Man,
the girls are in heat. as the comments to the girls.Men are reputedly to make a
hostile judgment. He says it firmly so that it shows man like to make objectives
judgment to the girls without any feelings to the girls.
Datum 280
The setting is in the studio music when Chad and Kyle are waiting Lloyd
for practice. Then, Chad asks to Kyle about Lolas party the night before.
Chad : Lloyd, get your lazy ass over here so we can rehearse, man. Call me
back.
He's not even picking up. So, how was the party?
Kyle : It was okay.
Chad : Do anything fun?
Kyle : Well, you know, the grandma was there.
The utterance It was okay. is uttered by Kyle in explaining Lolas party.
Kyle only described it as a good party without further information. Man is not like
woman who can describe the feeling evaluating. So, Kyles explanation about the
party is acceptable because man tends to use words good or bad for judgment of
something.
Datum 352
The setting is on the side of basketball court. Kyle sees Lola and Jeremy
are kissing. Kyle feels so jealous. Then, he asks to Lolas friends.
Kyle : Hey, who is that guy? Who's that guy?
Janice : Jeremy. He's cool. Why?
Kyle : Nothing. I mean, who drives a stupid red Vespa in the middle of
winter?
Emily : Why do you care?
Chad : Yeah, why do you care?
Kyle : I don't care. Come on, let's go.
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The utterance Nothing. I mean, who drives a stupid red Vespa in the
middle of winter? is uttered by Kyle in answering Janices question. Kyle is
surprised about the question because he does not want his friends know about his
relationship with Lola. So, he tells lies and gives comments to Jeremys scooter.
His comment about the scooter shows a hostile judgment. He clearly says stupid
to show his dislike not to the scooter but to the owner. And his comment means
that he judge the owner in a bad way.

4.1.3.4 Use
In the classification of use,men's speech reputedly serves to lecture, argue,
debate, assert, and command. Data 51, 58, 177, and 333 show that man has
characteristics in speaking.
Datum 51
The setting is in the school corridor. Kyle wants to talk with Lola about
their relationship. He does not want to go further because of Chads feeling.
Kyle : So, did you make up with Chad?
Lola : No.
Kyle : Well, I just want you to know that if I were him, I'd never let you
go.
Lola : Yeah, but you're not him.
Kyle : I know we're friends, but I don't always agree with him.
Lola : I know.
Kyle : And I kind of want us to stay friends.
Men's speech reputedly serves to lecture, argue, debate, assert, and
command. Kyle says I know we're friends, but I don't always agree with him.
And I kind of want us to stay friends.. It shows that he confirms to Lola that he
wants to stay their friendship so that Chad will not be angry about this kind of
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situation. Kyle also argues that he does not agree with Chads behavior. He says
everything to Lola clearly, bold, and concise; without care about Lolas feeling.
Datum 58
The setting is in the classroom when Kyle starts her conversation with
Chad by giving comments to the girls. But, Chad responses him coldly.
Kyle : Man, the girls are in heat.
Chad : Yeah, you would know.
Kyle : What? What's your problem?
The utterance What? What's your problem? is uttered by Kyle. He is
surprised that Chad responses him coldly. So, he firmly asks to Chad what is
going on between them. This means that Kyles sentence is assertive as one of
man speechs characteristics. He asks to Chad without doubt and wants to start the
debate.
Datum 177
The setting is in the school corridor. Kyle wants to separate Chad and
Lolas fight.
Chad : Stop following me.
Lola : You wish.
Chad : Skank-ass ho.
Lola : Stop calling me that! Stop calling me that!
Kyle : Hey, come on. Leave it.
Kyle says boldly Hey, come on. Leave it. to Chad. He also shows his
anger. His sentence shows that he commands Chad to stop the fighting. His
sentence does not need permission from Chad to do so. Kyle just says it boldly
and clearly to him. So, this means that man tend to command than making request
to someone to do something that he wants.
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Datum 333
The setting is in the school corridor when Lola is really upset after finding
a bag which similar with Ashleys. She thinks it was Kyle and Ashley doing
something in the bathroom. So, Kyle wants to explain what really happened back
then.
Kyle : Hey, Lol, what's your deal?
Lola : My deal is that everybody knows she does guys in the bathroom,
Kyle.
Kyle : Wait. What? You think Ashley and I... In the bathroom?
Lola : Well, at least you can get it on with someone. Congratulations.
Kyle : Wow! I guess we're done.
The situation on this scene is debating on what exactly happened in the
bathroom. The conversation starts with Kyle who asking to Lola Hey, Lol, what's
your deal?. This sentence shows that Kyle clearly starts to debate. Then, Lola
tells about what she sees. She does not believe on what Kyle is going to explain.
Then, Kyle ends up the conversation with a statement Wow! I guess we're done.
Both sentences that Kyle uses are implying to assertiveness as men speechs
characteristics. He starts and ends it with no doubt.

4.2 Discussion
After identifying the data from the conversation of the main characters, the
writer sees that there are several differences between woman and mans speech.
The writer found that mostly woman and man speech are different in their form,
topic, content, and use as stated in Adelaide Haas theory (1979, p.616). However,
some of the data also showed different results in the specific cases.
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In the matter of form, it includes the use of obscene words, superpolite
form, and the slang words. The use obscene words are typically used for showing
the speakers feeling. It is called swearing. Based on Eckert (2003, p. 181),
swearing is kind of interjection that can express extreme intensify. It has been
widely considered as an expression of very strong emotion. Women usually use
softer form but men use the stronger swear words. The female characters in this
movie mostly show their anger not in using obscene words but in soften words,
for example God!, or Oh, my God! But sometimes, the character uses rude or
obscene words, for example Screw you!, Shit!, to show her deep anger on the
situation. The writer did not find that the male character uses some obscene
words; even he does not swear anything in the whole conversation. The second is
the superpolite form which is typically used by the woman. The superpolite form
can be a request from the speaker. Lakoff (1975, p. 56) states that a request may
be in the same sense a polite command, in that it does not overtly require
obedience, but rather suggests something be done as a favor to the speaker. As
reflected on the conversation in the movie, the female characters use complete
sentences in asking requests. Sometimes, the character says Please to make the
hearer do what the character wants. For the male character, he never says anything
in form of superpolite form. The last, the use of the slang words are mostly used
by the womens characters. Mostly, they use shorten form be gonna in their casual
conversation. However, this kind of slang word is not shown in the male
character. Both female and male characters also use common slang words which
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are used in America, such as dad, mom, cool, dude, and shut up. In this movie, it
shows that woman mostly use the swear and the slang words.
Based on Adelaide Haas theory, the use of obscene words and slang words
are typically used by men. In this study, some of the data show that the female
characters use the obscene words and slang words. They say the rude words to
express their feelings. Typically, they only show that when they are in high level
of anger. They also prefer to use more shorten words gonna than be going to and
other slang words that are commonly used in America. In the other way, the male
character only shows that he uses common slang words in America. It shows that
the data do not really support the theory. Women, nowadays, may not concern on
the form that they typically use. They may like to make casual conversation with
other people.
In the matter of topic, the writer found that woman would likely to share
their problems. They like to talk about lifes trouble, life style, and pornography.
In their conversation, they always share their feelings and respect to listen to each
other. They are more likely to build their relationship to each other rather than to
analyze the solution. In this movie, the writer also found that man can share his
problems. He shares feelings to his friends too. However, they more concern on
finding the solution for their problems. This mans conversation is different from
what Kramer (1974 as stated in Haas, 1979) said Men hold forth with authority
on business, politics, legal matters, taxes, age, household expenses, electronic
bugging, church collections, kissing, baseball, human relations, health and
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women's speech. So, what the men are discussing about can be different when
it comes to the some circumstances.
In matter of content, Haas (1979) said The stereotype of the content of
spoken language, then, points to positive value judgments as female marked and
hostile judgments as male marked. It means that woman conversation mostly
uses emotional judgment. Woman care about the hearers feeling. Lakoff (1975,
p.51) lists several adjectives that woman typically used. They are typically to use
adorable, charming, sweet, lovely, divine, etc. She also stated that if a man uses
the womans adjectives, it will damage his reputation. In this movie, the female
characters use those kinds of adjectives in judging the speakers statement, for
example cute, charming, and nice. They always pay attention to others feelings.
Men are stereotyped to make a judgment objectively. The data show that the male
characters gives the judgment based on his opinion. It reflects that men only
describe something which is good or bad without further information. They do not
concern on what the hearer might response on what they said.
In matter of use, women are said as nonassertive while men are said as
assertive. Women tend more supportive than man. In this case, women sometimes
use hedge mark. Lakoff (1975) says that hedging is a characteristic of womans
language which expresses a lack of confidence and reflects womans insecurity.
Hedges can refer to the frequent use of such phrases as sorta/sort of, like, you
know, well, kinda/kind of, I guess, and It seems like. According to Coates (1975,
p.152), when people hedge linguistically, they avoid saying something definite
and keep their option open. Women like to use tag question to show their request
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or opinion. Women use questions to each other when they are talking. Question
can be used to look for some information, to introduce new topic, to encourage
other speaker to participate in talk, to invite someone to tell a story, among other
things (Coates, 1996:176). Lakoff (1975, p.55) states that tag question is more
appropriate to be used by women than by men because these types of sentence
provide a means that a speaker can avoid committing himself/herself and avoid
conflict with the addressee. In this movie, the female characters use hedge mark
you know and well to avoid the pause in the conversation and to show confidence.
The characters use tag question right in their conversation to make sure that the
hearer will agree with their statement. While men's speech reputedly serves to
lecture, argue, debate, assert, and command as reflected in the male character in
this movie. The character says something to the hearer boldly, directly, and
concisely. He never thinks about what would happen of what he said.
From the data which are chosen, the writer concluded the differences
females and males speech characteristics to the data shown at Table 4.1. It can be
seen that woman and man talk in different ways. Based on form, women use the
obscene words but mostly use swearing in softer way, polite form in requesting
something, and more the slang words. The man character only uses slang words in
talking with his friends. Based on topic, the female characters like to talk about
lifes trouble, life style, and pornography. Women are more open up to their
problems. They tend to share their feelings about the problems they have. The
male character in this movie also talks about lifes trouble. He shares his
problems, but still look for the solution of the problems.
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Table 4.1 The Differences between Woman and Man Characteristics
Form Topic Content Use
Women
Characters:
Lola

1) Swearing using
soften words, such
as Oh, God!,Oh,
my God!. Only
once, using Screw
you!
2) Mostly using
polite form in
asking something
3) Mostly using
shorten form
gonna be, using
common slang
words in America:
dad, mom, cool,
and shut up.

1) Pornography
2) Lifes
trouble

Positive
value
judgment
by using
emotional
adjective
and polite
response.

Using hedge
mark, such
as you know
and well to
show
nonassertive.
Anne 1) Using obscene
words, Shit!
2) Using polite form
in asking
something by
using complete
sentences.
3) Mostly using
shorten form
gonna be and
common
American slang
words: Okay.
1) Lifes trouble
2) Life style
3) Pornography
Positive
value
judgment
by using
emotional
adjective
Using hedge
mark, such
as you know
and question
tag right to
show
nonassertive.
Men Character:
Kyle

Using common
American slang
words: dude.

Lifes trouble

Hostile
value
judgment
by showing
his
argument
directly to
the hearer.

Talking in
assert, argue,
debate, and
command
way.
Based on content, women would like to use positive value judgment. It can
be seen when the female characters use emotional adjectives in giving response in
conversation, meanwhile male character would like to make hostile value
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judgment. The male character uses objective opinion in stating their opinion.
Finally, based on use, the female characters use hedge mark and tag question in
their conversation. These terms show that women are uncertain of their statement
and making the hearer agree with them. So, they are called as nonassertive. The
male character shows that he is an assertive because he delivers his opinion
directly and boldly.
Compared to the previous studies, this study supports that women and men
have differences in language. They have their own style. Lesmana (2009), who
took the data from written style, found that women and men are different in giving
response in the matter of form. Wahyu (2012) also found that women and men use
different choice of words. They like also talk about personal feelings. It depends
on the circumstances that they have. Permatasari (2010), who took the data from
spoken style, found that women have their own characteristics in speaking, such
as lexical hedges or fillers, tag question, rising intonation on declaratives, `empty'
adjectives, intensifiers, superpolite forms, avoidance of strong swear words, and
emphatic stress. Therefore, this study support to all of the previous studies which
reveal that women and men have different style in language.
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CHAPTER V
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

This chapter presents the conclusion of the results of the study and the
suggestion to the next researchers.

5.1 Conclusion
Women and mens language are different in some ways. As stated in
Adelaide Haas theory (1979, p.616), male speech and female speech have been
observed to differ in their form, topic, content, and use. Most of the data support
the theory. However, some of the data showed different results in some
circumstances.
The main point of this study relates to the research question which is
mentioned in the first chapter, that is what kind of speech style used by the male
and female characters in LOL movie are. Based on the form, female characters
more use swears and slang words, but male character does not show it. It may be
the female characters have more scenes in interact with other characters than male
characters scene. Based on the topic, women are likely to talk about lifes
trouble, pornography, and life style. The topic that man built in this movie is also
about life trouble, which shows different sight in Kramer theory (1974, as stated
in Haas, 1979). The content of the conversation of this movie supports the theory
that woman has positive value judgment and man has hostile judgment. It means
that women more supportive than men. Finally, the conversation in use by women
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and men shows that women are nonassertive but men are assertive. Women are
likely to make sure and open up option to the hearer while men are likely to say
something directly.
In addition, based on Adelaide Haas theory, the writer found out that
women and men mostly use different language. It happened because women like
to maintain relationship with others while men like to say what he wants to say.

5.2 Suggestion
For the future study the writer suggests the next researchers who are
interested in choosing sociolinguistics as their topic to take the data from the real
conversation, not only the conversation which is built in the movie, drama, or
play. It is done in such a way that by conducting a atudy in which the data are
taken from a real conversation, the writer can compare whether the conversation
in movie really reflects the real conversation. It is a way to check whether the
findings will be the same or not. Further study can also use different approaches.
Further study can concern on dominant approach which sees women as oppressed
group and interpret linguistic differences in women and mens speech in terms of
mens dominance and womens subordination in mixed talk.

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APPENDICES
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Appendix 1 The Transcript of LOL Movie

Lola Every year, it's weird going back to school. Seeing each other face-to-
face again, but at least I have my best friends, Janice and Emily.
e're in slo-mo, 'cause that's how all the hot girls always show u!.
Just kidding.
e "ust wanna look like we don't care. Es!ecially in front of the guys.
#nd this is me not caring. #nd that's Janice and Lloyd, !retending to
be very com!licated. #nd en, well, nobody seems to care about
him.
$%&

$'&
en (ello, what's ha!!ening)
Lola *ut when it comes to friendshi!, and I mean real friendshi!, like with
me and +yle, you can officially care and "ust be yourself.
,h, and her... e call her the -ost-it, 'cause she sticks to every guy
and !retends that she loves them. hatever.
#ll I know is I'm sick of all the !retending. .he truth is I "ust wanna
have a great year. Just like last year when I fell in love with /had.
01orever.0
S!eaking of forever, that's how long +yle and I have been friends.
$2&

$3&

$4&

$5&
+yle I'm here. $6&
Lola I ho!e it always stays that way.
#nyway, here we are "ust going with the flow. .rying to love, live and
laugh out loud. hich is nice, 'cause my name is Lola, but everyone
calls me Lol.
$7&
$8&
Emily 9ude, I cannot believe she hi"acked my :adig bag; I had to s!ecial
order this thing.

#shley ,h, my <od, your new song is ama=ing.
+yle >ou liked it) $%?&
#shley .hat guitar solo is hot;
en Ladies, ladies, welcome back.
Emily ,kay, en, don't even try, okay.
en >ou know you want me.
Emily ,kay, I want you to leave me alone now.
en I like it. #lone. .onight)
Emily >eah. >es.
en <ood, I'll see you tonight, alone.
Emily ,h, my <od, he is so gorgeous it hurts.
Janice I can't believe you're taking trig class "ust for him.
/had So you missed me)
Lola >eah. 9o you miss me) (ow was the cam! counselor thing) $%%&
/had It was brutal.
Lola >ou didn't call or te@t me. $%'&
/had I did. >ou "ust didn't get it because there was no rece!tion. -lus, I kind
of hooked u! with this girl, another counselor.

Lola >eah, no !roblem. I "ust... $%2&
/had It was "ust a onetime thing.
Lola Ao, it's cool, I'm ha!!y you said that. '/ause I hooked u! with
somebody, too. Just to try it.
$%3&
/had I really ho!e you ke!t his number. I mean, I'd hate for you to end u!
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all alone.
Lola <ot it on s!eed dial. $%4&
Emily (ey, Lola, you okay) Lola;
+yle (ey, Lola, you okay) $%5&

#nne (ey, so what ha!!ened with volleyball) $%6&
Lola I got a stomachache. $%7&
Emma So, you'll be the dol!hin. hat's his name)
#nne Lola, is that a *ra=ilian) $%8&
Lola Bom; $'?&
#nne Bom, what) $'%&
Lola Aothing, it's "ust... It's my body and I'll take care of it how I want to. $''&
#nne Ao, it's not. #nd I'm not going to let you be a !orn star. $'2&
Emma hat's a !orn star)
Lola Aothing. $'3&
#nne Aothing.
>ou haven't done anything with boys. I mean, you would tell me,
right)
$'4&
$'5&
Lola >es, Bom. I would tell you.
I "ust want to take a nice, rela@ing shower and hang out with my
family. #nd then, here you go, !utting me on trial for my grooming
choices. I'm not a baby anymore.
$'6&
$'7&
#nne (ey, and come back and !ick u! these clothes. I'm not your maid. $'8&

Lola #ren't mothers su!!osed to have some kind of !rotective instinct)
She has no idea what it's like out there. .his was so not a !erfect day.
$2?&

#nne By baby. $2%&
Lola I love you, mom. $2'&
#nne I love you too. $22&

Lola Bom, hurry. Bom, come on, you're making me late. $23&
#nne .hen wake u! earlier. I'm not your chauffeur. I haven't even had my
coffee yet.
Lola, is that my sweater) Cuit stealing my things.
$24&
$25&
Lola ,h, yeah, Bom, you want me to free=e) $26&
#nne 9e!ends, will it make you nicer) $27&
#nne So here I am, driving you to school, thinking, D.his will be great. e
can have some good conversation. e can connect with one
another.E *ut here you are in your bubble and I'm not in that bubble.
#nd I'm right here. I'm right here.
(ey, hey, hey;
$28&

$3?&
Lola hat) (ere. (ere.
<o.
$3%&
$3'&

School -rinci!le #nd your reason for being late is)
+yle ell, you're going to laugh. $32&
School -rinci!le .his is as much as I laugh.

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Lola 9id you see her face) $33&
+yle >eah, she totally wants me. $34&
Lola Shut u!; $35&
+yle So, did you make u! with /had) $36&
Lola Ao. $37&
+yle ell, I "ust want you to know that if I were him, I'd never let you go. $38&
Lola >eah, but you're not him. $4?&
+yle I know we're friends, but I don't always agree with him. $4%&
Lola I know. $4'&
+yle #nd I kind of want us to stay friends. $42&
Lola Be too. $43&
+yle /ool. $44&
Lola /ool. $45&

Br. /olin Foss G-sHuared eHuals 8G !lus 3*. * eHuals 8, / eHuals %3. #ny
Huestions)
#ll right, !ay attention. Let's kee! it moving, !eo!le. Ae@t eHuation.
Emily, can you solve this) 9o you need some hel! solving this) ,kay,
well, it's not that com!licated. 1irst, to find the range for 1, we must
solve for the inverse of...
1 to the negative first !ower. G eHuals G !lus one over...
G !lus one over G minus two. >eah, you got that)

Emily >eah.
Br. /olin Foss ,kay. Everybody got that)
+yle Sorry I'm late. $46&
Br. /olin Foss >eah, yeah, come in.
+yle Ban, the girls are in heat. $47&
/had >eah, you would know.
+yle hat) hat's your !roblem) $48&

Brs. /handler .hat's not funny. 9o you want to go to the !rinci!al's office)
en hat) It's a 1rench baguette.
Lola Sorry I'm late. $5?&
Brs. /handler $S!eaks in 1rench& /lass begin in 7.
Lola Sorry. $5%&
Brs. /handler (ey, enough with the feet. Cuiet, !lease. #nd you, !ut it away. e do
not eat in class.
$S!eaks in 1rench& Ao cell !hone.
.he first one who uses his... +ee! it u!, I'll cancel the s!ring break tri!
to -aris.
$S!eaks in 1rench& >ou wonIt drive me cra=y this year;

Emily (i.
Br. /olin Foss .hanks.
Emily So, my mom wanted to know if you do any home tutoring classes.
Br. /olin Foss .utoring for what)
Emily 1or trig, of course.
Br. /olin Foss 1or your mother)
Emily Ao, for me.
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Br. /olin Foss Fight, right, right. Sorry. Ao, no, I'm sorry, I'm already all booked u!
this semester.

Emily ait, even on 1riday nights)
Br. /olin Foss >eah. Even on 1riday nights.
Emily ell, that's too bad. >eah. I guess I'll "ust... I'll see you around, then)
Br. /olin Foss >eah, I'll see you in class.
Emily ,kay, I'll see you around.
Br. /olin Foss I'll see you in class.
Emily ,kay.

Emily hen I went to talk to him in the class, he got all blushy. (e got all red
when I was talking to him.

Lola ,h, <od; (e's your teacher. $5'&
Emily Ao, I don't care.
Lola Shut u!; $52&
Janice ,kay, look. /had's over there. 9o you wanna go)
Lola Ao, it's fine. $53&
Emily hy)
Janice hy)
Lola '/ause she'd be ha!!y if we left. $54&
Emily hy is she always with them)
Lola *ecause she's a -ost-it. She sticks to everything. $55&
Emily In that outfit, really) Ao.
Lola I know. $56&

#shley I really like your shirt.
/had >eah, I like what's under your shirt.
#shley (ey; Sto!.
Lloyd hat u!, what u!, what u!)
/had /an I talk to you for a second)
Lola <o ahead. $57&
/had Let's go. It's all right.
So, now that you're giving it u! to everybody, I figured maybe I could
get some.

Lola #re you serious) $58&
Lloyd /lassy, bro.
/had hat do you care) $6?&

Lola I hate /had. I hate every stu!id second I s!ent obsessing over him;
hat a waste;
$6%&
#llen $talking on the !hone& So, can I come over tonight)
#nne $talking on the !hone& Ao, we can't do this every night. hat's the
!oint of being divorced.
$6'&
Lola $hearing their voice on the !hone& ,h, my <od; 9ad's totally hooking
u! with Bom again; ,r is it the other way around) hatever it is, I "ust
can't go through this again.
$62&

#nne ,kay, so after Jimmy /arter, it was Fon... $63&
Emma Fonald. Fonald Bc9onald)
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Ethan >ou're so stu!id.
#nne Ethan, !lease try to be human.
,kay, so, Fonald Feagan.
$64&
$65&
Lola I still can't believe the secret guy Bom's dating is 9ad. hat else is
she hiding)
$66&
#nne hat) hat's ith that look) $67&
Lola Aothing. Just looking. $68&
#nne ,kay, so, kee! going. Fonald Feagan... $7?&

#nne .ake off your shoes. $7%&
#llen hy) .he kids are slee!ing.
#nne .he floor creaks. $7'&
#llen Like a thief in my own home.
#nne E@-home. $72&

#nne >ou think it's a mistake I'm seeing my e@-husband again) $73&
-sychiatrist Bm-hmm.
#nne) Bm-hmm yes) Bm-hmm no) $74&
#nne /ould you sto! saying Bm-hmm and "ust give me a real answer) $75&

Emily $chatting on facebook& F we going to the *attle of the *ands)
Lola Sto! it, Ethan;
$re!lying on facebook& >esJ for +yle. A, for /had.

Emily Jackson;
Lola Sto! it; $76&
Emily Jackson; Shut u!;
Lola Sto! it. Shove it u! your ass. $77&
Ethan Bom, did you hear that)
#nne Lola, language. $78&
Emily Jackson; I'm going to kill you. I swear to <od; I am so tired of that.
<ive it to me. <ive it to me.

Jackson Bom;
Emily >ou;
Jackson Bommy; Bom, Emily won't let me !ractice.
EmilyIs Bother It's time for dinner.

+yleIs Bother $on the !hone& 9inner's on the table. >ou were su!!osed to be here a
half an hour ago.

+yle 1ine, okay. I'm coming back. $8?&
+yleIs Bother $on the !hone& >ou know your father;
+yle ,kay. hatever.
Sorry, guys, I gotta bail.
$8%&
$8'&
Lloyd *ail) 9ude, we got to !ractice. /ome on.
+yle Ao, I'll make it u! ne@t time, I !romise. $82&
Lloyd Bake it u!) *ro, we're gonna suck if we don't !ractice. *attle of the
*ands is coming u!.

+yle e're not going to suck, dude. e're !utting in the time. It's going to $83&
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be fine, okay)
/had 9ude, these kids !ractice every day, all right) .hey don't have to go
home when mommy calls.

+yle I'll see you later. $84&
/had e're so screwed.

+yle #ll right, come on. Everybody gets a flyer, okay) $85&
/had e wanna see you all at the show. Ao Sham!oo.
Semifinals;

+yle Ladies get in free, come check us out. Ao Sham!oo. <uys, K%?. $86&
#shley /ome check them out.
# student hat kind of music)
#shley Indie. # little bit of everything.
# student ell, if you're there, I'm there.
Lola >ou're !assing out flyers now) $87&
#shley >eah, but a!!arently, it works better if you're !retty.
Lola Like you would know. $88&
#shley 9on't be "ealous.
Lola 9on't worry. $%??&
#shley I never do.

/had I swear, guys, if we don't make it through after that...
Emily ,h, my <od, you're going to make it.
/had #ll right.
Lola >ou did so good. $%?%&
+yle >ou think so) $%?'&
Emily I know so.
+yle .hanks.
Lola I know so. $%?2&
Emily I know so.
Lola >ou really are ama=ing. $%?3&
+yle Ao, you're ama=ing. $%?4&
/had +yle; >ou coming)
+yle >eah, yeah. $%?5&
/had /ome on.
+yle e're going to rock it ne@t time. $%?6&

+yleIs 1ather .here he is. So, where you been)
+yle #t /had's. orking on our history !ro"ect. $%?7&
+yleIs Bother (ow did it go)
+yle It went really great. It's about the Industrial Fevolution. $%?8&
+yleIs Bother (on, want some sou!)
+yle .hank you.
So, hey, 9ad, remember that *attle of the *ands thing I told you
about)
.he winners, they get a record deal. It's really more of a showcase,
but we might have a s!ot.
$%%?&
$%%%&
+yleIs 1ather -ass me the salt.
+yle 9id you hear what I said) $%%'&
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+yleIs 1ather >eah. 9id you hear what I said) e'll talk about music when your
grades are better.
.hank you.

#nne $on the !hone& Lola, I said no. I'm on my way home. I'm at the
courthouse. *ecause I got a ticket. >ou know what) Enough with this
inHuisition. I'm going to "ust see you at home.
,h, shit; Feally)
$%%2&

$%%3&
James Aeed some hel!)
#nne Aot unless you can fi@ this. $%%4&
James Aot e@actly my skill set.
#nne .hen too bad. $%%5&
James .oo bad. So, where are we going)
#nne hat) $%%6&
James >ou can't lim! home, and I doubt you'll find a cab this time of day.
#nne ell, they ke!t me in there forever. Stu!id asshole co!s, giving me a
ticket. Just because my registration's e@!ired one day.
$%%7&
James >ou're not gonna find a cab. .rust me, I'm a very safe driver.
#nne ,kay. $%%8&
James Aeed some hel!)
#nne >eah. $%'?&
James /ome on. hat are you waiting for)
#nne *ut, hey, what about your helmet) .he co!s will "ust bust you for
anything.
$%'%&
James 9on't worry about it. e'll be okay.
-olice ,fficer (ave a good one, 9etective.
James >ou, too, have a good one.
Feady)

#nne >eah. $%'%&
James Let me hel! you with that. It gets stuck sometimes.
#nne ,kay.
.hanks. I'm sorry I insulted your entire !rofession.

$%''&
James It's okay, I'm kind of used to it.
#nne #!!reciate the rescue. $%'2&
James #nytime.

JeremyIs Bother Is he hot)
#nne >ou're so bad. It doesn't matter, because I'm not gonna go out with
some random co!.
$%'3&
# oman #ll right, well then, one night. Cuick and dirty. ,ne night.
#nne Ao, 'cause that's really not my style. $%'4&
JeremyIs Bother ith a guy)
#nne Ao, the Huick and dirty. $%'5&
# oman ,kay, well, you've been divorced for more than a year. It's time to
ste! it u!. <et your game on.

JeremyIs Bother Let me tell you something, if I was a divorced woman...
Foman If you were a divorced woman, what)
#nne Aothing. Aothing. $%'6&
JeremyIs Bother Aothing.
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# oman Everything.
JeremyIs Bother I'd slee! with a different guy every single night. Just like you do.
Foman ,h, really) ell, I haven't sle!t with anybody but you.
JeremyIs Bother I'm not talking about you. I'm talking about men. Ben.
Foman >ou mean us. >ou mean us men. .he great confederation of
bastards.

#nne (ey, look who's here. $%'7&
Lola Bom, Jeremy got a scooter. $%'8&
#nne Jeremy got a scooter. $%2?&
JeremyIs Bother Jeremy got a scooter)
Jeremy >eah. 9ad said it was cool.
Foman Sur!rise; >eah, I got the kid a scooter.
JeremyIs Bother ait, e@cuse me. e discussed this.
Lola I think I should get one, too. I could avoid being late for school. $%2%&
#nne It's not gonna ha!!en. $%2'&
Lola hy) $%22&
#nne *ecause I'm not gonna go and be !eeling you u! off of the sidewalk
because you've s!lattered...
$%23&
Lola .hat's dramatic. $%24&
#nne It's not dramatic. #nd it's not ha!!ening. $%25&
Lola hatever. $%26&
#nne here are you going) $%27&
JeremyIs Bother (ow can you make that decision without...
Lola I've got to show Jeremy something on the com!uter. $%28&
#nne I know. *ut I've set the table. $%3?&
Lola e'll come back. It's "ust we're not really interested in the senior
conversations.
$%3%&
Jeremy >eah. .hanks, 9ad.
JeremyIs Bother hat)
# oman Senior... e're not interested in your teenage conversations.
#nne Senior conversations) $%3'&
JeremyIs Bother #re you serious)
#nne She's so !olite. $%32&
Foman I'm dyeing my beard.

Lola hat do you think) $%33&
Jeremy Aot bad. ho is it)
Lola It's my friend, +yle. $%34&
Jeremy ,kay, Br. +yle.
Lola Shut u!. $%35&

JeremyIs Bother 9oes Lola smoke)
#nne #re you cra=y) $%36&
JeremyIs Bother 9o you smoke in front of her)
#nne Aever. hat about Jeremy) $%37&
JeremyIs Bother 9on't worry about Jeremy. (e hates drugs.

Jeremy I think I'm going to surfing cam!. hat about you)
Lola I don't know, but my dad is totally doing my mom again. $%38&
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Jeremy Ao shit. >ou cool with that)
Lola Ao. I'm sick of them lying to me and I know that it's never going to
work.
$%4?&
Jeremy I know the feeling.
Lola So, I need to ask you a favor. $%4%&
Jeremy ,kay. hat do you need)
Lola I need you to slee! with me. $%4'&

Foman Aow, women donIt "ust screw. ,kay) .hey need an emotional
attachment.

JeremyIs Bother 9o we)
Foman .hough I will say this, that no matter how liberated you women think
you are, male se@uality and female se@uality, very different.

Lola /ome on, what's the big deal) It's not like I asked you for euthanasia.
It's "ust one little favor. >ou've known me forever. /ome on.
$%42&
Jeremy It's not "ust a little favor. ,kay. hat would you say if I asked you)
Lola >es. $%43&
Jeremy I say no, okay) I res!ect you too much.
Lola >ou guys suck with your stu!id res!ect. $%44&
Jeremy >eah and when we don't res!ect you, we're assholes, and when we
do, we suck.

Lola #ll right, fine, ne@t sub"ect. $%45&
Jeremy hy don't you do it with Br. +yle)
Lola *ecause he thinks I did it already, and if I ask him, then he's going to
know that I'm lying. #nd so will /had.
$%46&
Jeremy >ou women really are nuts.

JeremyIs Bother e are not nuts. Since Lucy has broken u! with Fick, she's going out
with a ton of guys.

Foman Everybody knows that Lucy is a slut.
JeremyIs Bother She's having the time of her life. #nd I doubt anyone's farting in her
bed

Foman I'm so sorry. >ou used to love my farts.
JeremyIs Bother I was lying to you.
# oman hat about you and #llen) >ou guys still see each other)
#nne Just with the kids. $%47&
JeremyIs Bother <ood, because we saw #llen the other day with the biggest bimbo.
>ou should have seen this girl. Femember her, Foman)

Foman ,kay, "ust because he was with her, doesn't mean he was 0with0 her.
JeremyIs Bother 9arling...
Foman 9oesn't mean anything. ,kay)
JeremyIs Bother ,h, shit, did I "ust say something dumb)
#nne Aot at all. hy) Bore !ie) $%48&
Foman >es, !lease.
JeremyIs Bother I'd love some. .hanks.
Foman >es.

#llen (ey;
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#nne #re you seeing someone else) $%5?&
#llen hat)
#nne >ou heard me. $%5%&
#llen >ou mean, am I slee!ing with someone else)
#nne E@actly. $%5'&
#llen hat is wrong with you)
#nne So you're not seeing anyone else besides me) $%52&
#llen I don't know. I thought we were back together. hy are you even
asking me this)

#nne #re we) $%53&

Lola I hate her. Look at her. Even her underwear is skankville. $%54&
'/ause that is stuff that they write songs about.
Janice .otally. I wish I had her ass, though.
Emily /ome on.
Janice hat)
Emily .hat ass is a full-time "ob for her.
Janice >ou know what, no matter if I work out and I do anything, my ass is
always going to be flat.
Em) #re those /are *ears on your undies)

Emily Shut u!, okay) It's all my mom will buy. hat am I su!!osed to do
about it)

Lola Bom "ust got a ton of stuff from Lictoria's Secret that doesn't fit. #nd
she's not gonna return it. 9o you want it)
$%55&
Emily >eah.
Lola ,kay. $%56&
Emily >eah, no, I need something that /olin's going to like.
Lola ho's /olin) $%57&
Janice Br. Foss. .he trig teacher.
Lola #re you kidding me) $%58&
Janice Ao!e.
Emily 9onIt worry about it.
Lola >ou're sick. $%6?&
Janice 9ouble. 9ouble. 9ouble.
Lola >ou're sick. $%6%&
Janice >ou're sick.
Lola >ou're sick. $%6'&

en Emily, Emily, free me. /ome on, I love you, !lease.
Emily ,kay, go bother somebody else.
en I love you.
Emily Ao, come on.
Lola (ey, watch it. $%62&
/had I was "ust going for the ball.
+yle (ey, Lola, are you okay) Let's go. $%63&
Janice It's not funny. hy are you laughing)
#shley It's always funny when someone falls.
en >o, can we !lay) /ome on.
Emily alk away. Just ignore him. (e's a "erk.
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/had Sto! following me.
Lola >ou wish. $%64&
/had Skank-ass ho.
Lola Sto! calling me that; Sto! calling me that; $%65&
+yle (ey, come on. Leave it. $%66&
/had >ou're !retty hot when you're mad.
Lola Screw you; $%67&
Janice Lola, walk away;
+yle Just get out of here. Leave it. /ome on. $%68&
Lola #re you kidding me) $%7?&
+yle /ome on, come on, leave it. Seriously. $%7%&
Emily Lola, sto!.
/had /ome on, come on.
Lola I can't believe I ever dated you $%7'&
/had <et off, dude. +yle, the hero.

Lola Look, it's not my fault. (e won't Huit harassing me. $%72&
/had >ou wish.
School -rinci!le Aow you guys are harassing me.
Lola -lease don't call my mom. $%73&

#nne <ive me your !hone. $%74&
Lola Ao, Bom, !lease, you can't do that. $%75&
#nne >es, I can. *ad grades are one thing, but this is unacce!table. $%76&
Lola Bom, I swear it's not my fault. $%77&
#nne hose fault is it, then) $%78&
Lola I don't want to talk about it. $%8?&
#nne 1ine; >ou don't want to talk about it, then give me your !hone. $%8%&
Lola I don't have it. It's at Janice's.
It's at Janice's. Bom. Ao, Bom; .hat's not fair;
$%8'&
#nne >ou want to know what's not fair is me being called out of a client
meeting because you started a fight in school.
$%82&
Lola It's not my fault. $%83&
#nne #nd you know what, that whole little 1riday night get-together deal is
off.
$%84&
Lola /had called me a ho, okay) 9o you want me to let it go and say thank
you)
$%85&
#nne >our /had) $%86&
Lola (e's not my /had anymore, Bom. $%87&
#nne hy did he call you that) $%88&
Lola <od, do you have to know everything) $'??&
#nne >eah, I do if you want your !hone back. $'?%&
Lola .hat's blackmail, Bom; $'?'&
#nne I know. $'?2&
Lola Sto!. $'?3&
#nne #nd look here. >ou're getting a te@t from Emily. $'?4&
Lola Ao. $'?5&
#nne #nd she says, 0(ey.0 $'?6&
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Lola Bom, sto!; /had sle!t with somebody else, so to !retend I was okay
with it, I said that I did, too. ,kay)
$'?7&
#nne 9id you) $'?8&
Lola Ao. Is that all you care about is if I had se@ or not) $'%?&
#nne Ao, that is not all that I care about. I don't want you making stu!id
mistakes out of s!ite. *aby, I care about you.
$'%%&
Lola I know. I'm sorry, Bom. $'%'&
#nne hy didn't you talk to me) $'%2&
Lola I love you, Bom. $'%3&
#nne I love you, baby. $'%4&
Lola /an I have my !hone back now) #nd have my !arty on 1riday) $'%5&
#nne .wo friends. $'%6&
Lola Si@. $'%7&
#nne 1our. $'%8&
Lola 9eal.

+yle $chatting on facebook& you ok)
Lola $re!lying on facebook& yeah. .hanks for defending me.
+yle $chatting on facebook& "ust didnIt want to see /had get his ass kicked.
Lola $re!lying on facebook& +yle)
+yle $chatting on facebook& >eah)
Lola

Lola I can't love him, but I do. I feel so real with him. If he figures it out, it
will totally ruin our friendshi!. ,kay, I'm "ust going to have to hide it.
$''?&

+yle (ey, Lol) Baybe we should...
I don't want /had to get the wrong idea.
$''%&
Lola (e's so "ealous. $'''&
+yle I don't blame him. $''2&
Lola ell, I'm flattered you still want to hang out with me. $''3&
+yle I love hanging out with you. $''4&
Lola <o. $''5&
+yle ,kay, I'll see you later. $''6&
Lola See you later. $''7&

EmilyIs Bother here is my chicken)
Jackson; By chicken.
Jackson;

Jackson hat)
EmilyIs Bother By chicken. here is it)
Jackson (ow should I know)
EmilyIs Bother ,h, really) hat is that)
Jackson Bom, I swear...
EmilyIs Bother I will not tolerate lying in my home.
Jackson I hate my life.

Lola ait, where did you say you were going) $''8&
#nne It's "ust a s!a weekend with the girls. $'2?&
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Lola hat girls) $'2%&
#nne #ctually, you don't know them. $'2'&
Lola >ou have friends that I don't know) Like who)
So, wait, why aren't Emma and Ethan going with 9ad)
$'22&
#nne *ecause he's going out of town this weekend.
So, Bom...
$'23&
$'24&
#nneIs Bother >es, dear.
#nne >ou got this covered) $'25&
#nneIs Bother >es, dear.
She gets to have three friends.

#nne ,nly three. I mean it. $'26&
#nneIs Bother #nd !i==a.
#nne ,nly !i==a. .hat's it. $'27&
Lola I kind of want /hinese. $'28&
#nne #nd don't let them sweet-talk you, because they are ruthless. $'3?&
Lola Be) $'3%&
#nneIs Bother Feally) hat a sur!rise; /hinese it is.
,kay, here you go.

Lola (ere's your bag. $'3'&
#nne #re you guys trying to get rid of me) $'32&
Lola Ao. $'33&
#nneIs Bother >es.
Lola *ye. $'34&
#nneIs Bother *ye bye
Lola Love you, Bom. $'35&
#nne Love you. $'36&
Lola -arty time. $'37&
#nneIs Bother Ao way. .hree friends.
Lola /ome on. $'38&
#nneIs Bother Baybe five.
Lola /ome on. $'4?&
#nneIs Bother Just five.
Lola >ou know when she says three, she means like 2?. $'4%&
#nneIs Bother Ao, she doesn't.
Lola /ome on. *e cool. $'4'&
#nneIs Bother .hat's as cool as I get.
Lola >ou knew she was gonna go s!end the weekend with 9ad. $'42&
#nneIs Bother >es, it's so romantic. .hey're sneaking around like teenagers.
Lola Mnfortunately, teenagers aren't like that anymore. $'43&
#nneIs Bother ,h, sweet !ea. .hey're so cute.
Lola I guess so. $'44&

#nneIs Bother So, do you !lay basketball)
Lloyd >eah, I !lay a lot.
#nneIs Bother (ow tall are you)
Lloyd I'm about 5''0.
Janice E@cuse me, ma'am. ould you like something to drink)
#nneIs Bother .hank you, honey. I'll have a /oke with a little scotch. #ctually, make
that a scotch with a little /oke.

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Lola Aot so much. $'45&
Janice Listen, this is going to hel! her slee!, then we're going to !arty all
night.

Lola I'm gonna go to hell. $'46&
Janice >ou're such a chicken.
(ere's your drink.

#nneIs Bother .hanks, sweetie.
Janice So, how is it)
#nneIs Bother It's good. .hank you for making me a drink.

en *ut then she never called me back.
I see you. here you going)
ait, I'm going to call you later, all right)

Emily en, en, is that your .-shirt)
en I don't know.
Emily ,kay, shut u!. Ao, but is it vintage)
en Is it vintage)
Emily ,r is it new)
en I don't know.
Emily #re there a lot of them) 9id you borrow it from somebody else)
en Ao, no, it's neither.
Emily ,h, dear <od; ,kay... I'm "ust... ,kay. I'm gonna go.
en #re you all right)

+yle I really want to kiss you. $'47&
Lola Be too. $'48&
Janice LetIs !arty, yeah;

Lola 1riendshi! is not that easy to turn into love. <ood news, we laughed a
lot, and I "ust think we both weren't ready. *ut still, it was a !erfect
night.
*ad news) Bom left 9ad again and she came home a little bit earlier
than I e@!ected.
$'5?&

$'5%&
#nne Lola; $'5'&
#nneIs Bother (oney, I'll hel! you with the garbage.
#nne .hanks, Bom, you've done enough. $'52&
Lola (ey, Bom. $'53&
#nne hat first, "oints or condoms) $'54&
#nneIs Bother It wasn't me.
#nne .hat's not funny, Bom. $'55&
Lola I can e@!lain. $'56&
#nne I would so love for you to e@!lain. $'57&
Lola I know that this looks bad. $'58&
#nne It looks really bad. $'6?&
Lola Bom, I had no idea that these !eo!le were coming. I "ust had my
friends.
-eo!le from school showed u!. I don't know how this ha!!ened.
$'6%&
#nne Bom, how could you let this ha!!en) $'6'&
#nneIs Bother (oney, I "ust don't know. I can't seem to hold my drinks like I used to. $'62&
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#nne #nd what about this) $'63&
Lola I wasn't smoking. I don't smoke. Bom; $'64&
#nne If I ever catch you with this again, I am shi!!ing you off to your dad's;
<ot it)
$'65&
Lola .hat would be a dream, huh, Bom) #nd don't worry, I'll see you there
in the morning.
$'66&
#nne >our -aris tri! is off. #nd you're gonna come back and clean this
mess;
$'67&

Lola I can't believe I screwed things u! this bad. hy can't I rewind in real
life) hat a mess;
$'68&

/had Lloyd, get your la=y ass over here so we can rehearse, man. /all me
back.
(e's not even !icking u!. So, how was the !arty)

+yle It was okay. $'7?&
/had 9o anything fun)
+yle ell, you know, the grandma was there. $'7%&

Emma hy is Lola vacuuming, Bom)
#nne #sk her. $'7'&

Emily $chatting on facebook& <reat !arty.
Lola $chatting on facebook& IIm so grounded. I whole month;
Emily $chatting on facebook& A,,,,,,,,,,,,;;;

+yle $chatting on facebook& Biss M
Lola $chatting on facebook& Biss M'
+yle $chatting on facebook& /anIt wait to be in -aris with M.
Lola $chatting on facebook& (o!e mom lets me go.
+yle $chatting on facebook& She will.. 1ingers crossed.

#llen #nne.
#nne hat do you want) $'72&
#llen I would love for us to sto! fighting over nothing.
#nne Aothing) >ou call slee!ing with random sluts nothing) $'73&
#llen #nne.
#nne I can't... I can't do this. >ou know what) >ou are the best thing in my
life and you are also the worst.
$'74&
#llen #nne, I swear, I never sle!t with any...
#nne Sto! swearing. #nd more im!ortantly, will you sto! lying to me) #ll of
you. I think we "ust need to stick to being what we're meant to be.
$'75&
#llen hich is)
#nne -arents to our kids. I got to go. $'76&
#llen #nne, !lease don't...

#nne .his is gonna be good. $'77&
/had ow. >our sister is hot. (i, I'm /had.
#shley She's not my sister.
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#shleyIs Bother #ctually, I'm her ste!-mother.
#shleyIs 1ather #nd she's my wife, !al.

School -rinci!le Settle down, !lease. Cuiet, !lease. Cuiet; elcome, !arents and
students.

Lola ,h, my gosh. (e's so cute. $'78&
Emily /heck him out.
School -rinci!le e have a detective from the Aarcotics 9ivision of the /hicago -olice
9e!artment. (e's here to talk to you today. So, !lease, give him your
undivided attention.

Lola (e's got my attention. $'8?&
#nne (ssssshh..
Lola hat) $'8%&
School -rinci!le Settle... -lease, !lease, be Huiet.
I'm sure you all have something better to do than sit here and listen to
some guy who thinks he's cool and educational.

Students >eah.
James I hear you, I hear you. *ut there's some facts I need to arm you with. I
have a !icture that shows the detrimental effects of long-term drug
abuse. .ake a look.
Aow that I have your attention, I want to show you the real effects of
.(/ on the brain. .(/ is the agent in !ot that causes the high in so-
called 0soft0 drugs. >ou look at this image, it's !retty clear it's not so
soft anymore, is it) Sym!toms of cannabis can range from !aranoia to
!anic attacks, to sym!toms of schi=o!hrenia.

#nne .hat was a very good talk. $'8'&
Lola I know. $'82&
#nne I ho!e some of that sticks into your head. $'83&
Lola ,kay. $'84&
#nne hy are you running) $'85&
Lola *ecause there's someone that I'd like to avoid.
.here's Janice. I got to go.
$'86&
#nne Ao, no. e need to get... e need to get going. $'87&
James (ey.
#nne (ow you doing) $'88&
James (ey, how are you) <ood. (ow is the heel)
#nne .he heel is fine. $2??&
James ,nce is coincidence. .wice, I'm going to have to call that fate.
#nne Is that what you call it) $2?%&

Janice 9oes she know him)
Lola ,h, <od, I ho!e not. $2?'&
Janice I think he's going to handcuff your mom to your bed.
Lola Shut u!, shut u!. 9on't say that. $2?2&
Janice #re you coming tonight)
Lola I'll try, but I'm grounded. $2?3&
Janice (ey, look, look, look. She's u! to no good. I told you.
Lola She's disgusting. I don't get it. $2?4&
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#nne >ou know, that was so great, to the... .he talk in there. I... $2?5&
James I'm gonna buy you a drink.
#nne Bmm, IJ.
James It wasn't a Huestion. I'm telling you I'm gonna buy you a drink.
Lola Bom. /an I go to Janice's house) Just to do homework. $2?6&
#nne Lola, this is... $2?7&
James James.
Lola (ey.
#nne By daughter, Lola. $2?8&
Lola Bom, can I go) $2%?&
#nne Ao, you have to do your homework at home. $2%%&
Lola .his isn't fair. $2%'&
#nne hat was that) $2%2&
Lola Aothing. Love you, Bom. I'll see you at home. $2%3&
#nne /harming. $2%4&
James >ou ready for a drink)
#nne I thought it wasn't a Huestion. $2%5&
James It's not.
#nne ,kay. .his... #ll right.
James >eah.

Lola (ave you seen +yle) $2%6&
# student >eah, he's in the bathroom.
Lola (ey...
So how was it)
$2%7&
#shley It was awesome.
Lola >ou're disgusting. as it good) $2%8&
+yle hat do you mean) $2'?&
Lola /ome on, don't lie to me. Just own u! to it. $2'%&
+yle (ey, Lol. hat's going on)
hat did you tell her)
$2''&
$2'2&
#shley Aothing. It's not my fault your little grou!ie can't take a "oke.
+yle (ey, Lol, wait u!; (ey, Lol, sto!. -lease. $2'3&

Emily I need to go.
en I knew that. /ome here.
Emily ,kay, en. Sto! it. ,kay)
en hat are you doing)
Emily hat "ust ha!!ened never ha!!ened. <ot it)
en >ou're funny.
Emily Ao, I'm serious, okay) .ake this. ait five minutes. I'm not kidding.
I'm not kidding. ait.

en hat ha!!ened) hat did I do) <et in;
+yle (ey, Lol, wait u!;
Lola Leave me alone. $2'4&
+yle hat did #shley say to you) hat did she say to you) $2'5&
Lola +yle, don't !lay dumb. $2'6&
+yle Ao, seriously. hat's wrong) /ome on. $2'7&
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Lola 9on't act like you don't know. $2'8&
+yle (ey, Lol, what's your deal) $22?&
Lola By deal is that everybody knows she does guys in the bathroom,
+yle.
$22%&
+yle ait. hat) >ou think #shley and I... In the bathroom) $22'&
Lola ell, at least you can get it on with someone. /ongratulations. $222&
+yle ow; I guess we're done. $223&

#nneIs Bother Lola) Lola) Sweetie, what is it) hat's wrong)
Lola Aothing. $224&
#nneIs Bother /ome on, have something to eat. It's good to eat when you're sad.
hat would you like) hat would taste good)

Lola Aothing right now. $225&
#nneIs Bother >ou're not going to turn anore@ic now, are you)
Lola Aot from ski!!ing one meal. $226&
#nneIs Bother Ao, I saw something on .L. It goes !retty fast.
Lola It's not what it is. $227&
#nneIs Bother I know. Aobody's worth your tears, baby. I'm gonna get you some
sou!.

Lola ,kay. I love you. $228&

Lola Ao, I saw him. (e was in there with the -ost-it. $23?&
Emily hen)
Lola #fter that drug assembly thing. $23%&
Emily ,kay, are you absolutely !ositive that it was them)
Lola >es. >es. I saw that stu!id bag. Ao offense. $23'&
Emily Ao, it's fine.
en (ey, girl; (igh-five it. <irl, I'll see you...
Lola (ere they are. Shit. $232&

Lola hat's wrong with me) 9o I have a sign on my head that says '/heat
on me') I mean, no sur!rise from #shley, but +yle) #nd since bad
things come in threes...
$233&

+yleIs 1ather >ou know what this re!ort smells like)
+yle hat) $234&
+yleIs 1ather Ao more music. Berry /hristmas.
+yle Berry /hristmas to you, too. $235&

JaniceIs Bother .he most im!ortant thing is that you're !retty. >ou'll get a rich
husband.

Janice <reat

EmilyIs Bother Last year, you were on the honor roll.
Emily Bom, it's only one *.
EmilyIs Bother .hat's e@actly my !oint.

#nne # * in math, a / in history, a 9 in biology) Lola, what are you
thinking)
$236&
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Lola I'm not thinking anything, Bom. *ecause I don't care about the
!o!ulation of /hina or the division of cells. .he only thing I care
about, the only thing that hurts, is +yle and the -ost-it. #nd how l want
to hurt them as much as they hurt me.
$237&

Jeremy So, who's the guy we're su!!osed to make "ealous)
Lola .he emo one ne@t to the slut. $238&
Jeremy Aice hair. hat a dork.
Lola /ome on, he's not that bad. Shut u! and make it look se@y. $24?&
Jeremy ,kay.

Lloyd Like only you can.
/had >eah, it's true.
Emily Ao. I'm not talking...
Lloyd ho needs a girl)
/had /ome on.
+yle (ey, who is that guy) ho's that guy) $24%&
Janice Jeremy. (e's cool. hy)
+yle Aothing. I mean, who drives a stu!id red Les!a in the middle of
winter)
$24'&
Emily hy do you care)
/had >eah, why do you care)
+yle I don't care. /ome on, let's go. $242&

+yle She de-friended me) $243&
$244&
+yle .hank you. So, how's Jeremy) $245&
Lola (ow's #shley) $246&
+yle >ou know I'm not seeing #shley. /an we talk) $247&
Lola ,kay. $248&
+yle Ao, in !rivate. #t your house at 6N??) $25?&
Lola ,kay. $25%&
+yle ,kay. $252&

/had /ome on, come here.
+yle ho is it) $253&
/had It's #shley.
+yle hy'd you call her over, man) $254&
#shley (ey, boys.
+yle (ey.

Emily ,h, <od, she "ust always shows u! everywhere. She's like a bad
dream. >ou "ust can't wake u! from it. Jesus.

James I deal with kids every day. I know the difference between a kid in
trouble and a kid testing the limits, and she sounds really normal.
9on't feel guilty.

#nne ith kids, it's always guilt. If I'm too lenient, I'm guilty. If I yell, it's even
worse. #nd then it's like I'm a co! in my own home.
$255&
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James .hat must be awful.
#nne I kee! insulting your !rofession.
.he thing is I'm the one who is always saying that a woman should
have the same rights and should be able to en"oy se@ the same way a
man does.
$256&
James I couldn't agree more.
#nne >ou know what I mean. $257&
James I know what you mean.
#nne *ut it's my little girl. #nd now that she's starting to live life as a
liberated woman, I "ust don't know if I feel the same. #nd I don't even
know what to do about -aris. I am so confused. I don't even know
what to believe.
$258&
James It's a school tri!. >ou should let her go to -aris.
#nne #re you saying this to reassure me, or is that what you really think) $26?&
James I think you think too much.

+yle $talking on the !hone& (ey, Lol, it's me. I'll be there in %? minutes.
,kay.
$26%&

+yleIs 1ather here do you think you're going)
+yle .o /had's. E@cuse me... $26'&
+yleIs 1ather #re you that stu!id that you bring !ot into my house)
+yle ,h, !lease. $262&
+yleIs 1ather ,h, !lease) 9id you say, 0,h, !lease0) (ow about, oh, !lease, wave
goodbye to all this 'cause ne@t year, it's military school. ,h, you think
that's funny)

+yle <et your hands off my guitar; It's my guitar; 9ad, no; hat are you
doing)
#re you cra=y)
$263&
+yleIs 1ather Ao more !hone; Ao more com!uter;

Lola $talking on the !hone& (ey, +yle. It's Lola. Femember me) hatever.
I've been waiting here for an hour. I'm not an idiot. 9on't ever talk to
me again, okay)
$264&

#nne .hank you for listening to my meltdown. It really hel!ed. $265&
James It's all !art of the "ob, ma'am.
#nne It was really nice. $266&
James It was nice.
#nne hat are you doing here)
#llen, James... #llen's the father of my children.
$267&
$268&
#llen Lola, she forgot her books in my... I signed the little !ermission sli! for
-aris.

#nne e needed to talk about that. $27?&
#llen Should we talk about this now)
#nne #llen. $27%&
#llen .hat's a nice dress. Aight.
James >ou ,kay)
#nne >eah.
87

James I guess I should let you feel guilty in !eace.
#nne Sorry. $27'&
James It's okay. <ood night.
#nne <ood night. $272&

Emily ,h, my gosh.
Br. /olin Foss ,h, <od. >ou okay)
Emily ,h, Br. Foss. I didn't see you there, I'm sorry. (ow are you)
Br. /olin Foss <ood, good. Just grocery sho!!ing.
Emily >eah, me too. ow, healthy. 9o you cook a lot)
Br. /olin Foss >eah, I love to cook.
Emily I love to cook. I cook all the time.
EmilyIs Bother Emily, did you find the milk)
Emily Ao, it's not that way. *ut this is my trig teacher, Br. Foss.
Br. /olin Foss (ow are you doing)
Emily .his is my mom.
EmilyIs Bother (ello.
Emily #nd my brother.
Br. /olin Foss (ey.
I'm sorry about the home tutoring thing. I "ust was already booked u!
this semester.

EmilyIs Bother (ome tutoring for Emily)
Br. /olin Foss >eah. Ao. Ao, no, sorry. By fault. I must've gotten her mi@ed u! with
some other student.

EmilyIs Bother ell, teachers should kee! their minds shar!ened, shouldn't they)
/ome on.
Emily.

Emily >eah, no...
EmilyIs Bother Aice meeting you.
EmilyIs Bother Since when do teachers look like that)
Emily >eah, right)

Emily $talking on the !hone& So, he does his own grocery sho!!ing, which
means he's totally single.

Lola So) >ou're not going to be slee!ing with your teacher, Em. $273&
Emily >eah, says who) Is something wrong with you) >ou seem kind of...
Lola I can't Huit thinking about +yle and #shley. $274&
Emily Lola, it was me, okay)
Lola It was you what) $275&
Emily It wasn't the -ost-it and it wasn't +yle. It was me. In the boys'
bathroom. >ou didn't see her !urse. >ou saw mine.

Lola ait, you and +yle) $276&
Emily Ao; I want to tell you who, but I can't. *elieve me. ,kay, it was "ust a
onetime thing. I wanted to "ust get it over with. So that I would be
ready for Br. Foss when he was ready. >ou know)

Lola ,h, my <od. #re you serious) $277&
Emily I wanted to tell you, but then you did the whole, like, 0ho does it in
the boys' bathroom) She's a ho;0

Lola Be and +yle broke u! because of this. $278&
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Emily Look, I'm really sorry.
Lola I cannot believe you did that. I can't talk to you right now. I'm sorry. $28?&
Emily ,kay.

Lola $te@ting& (ey, kyle I "ust found out it wasnIt you in the bathroom with
#shley. IIm so sorry. -lease call me back. IIm so sorry;;;

+yleIs 1ather ow, you're back early for a change. ow, look at you doing
homework for a change.

Lola #nswer me. $28%&

#nne So, about this tri! to -aris) $28'&
Lola >es) $282&
#nne #re all your friends going) $283&
Lola >es. $284&
#nne #nd if I were to let you go, would you !romise... $285&
Lola ,h, my <od. I !romise, I will be so good, Bom. -lease, !lease,
!lease, !lease, Bom.
-lease, !lease. Is that a yes) >es, yes; .hank you so much;
$286&

Janice Bom, it's not the "ungle. It's -aris.
JaniceIs Bother .his is what I gave you last time for cram!s. Should I write cram!s on
it) .hink you'll remember)

Janice I have a brain.
JaniceIs Bother <ood for you, angel.
Janice I'm gonna go !ack.
JaniceIs Bother <ood for you.

EmilyIs Bother I found it, sweetie.
Emily ,h, nice. #ll right, conservative.
EmilyIs Bother hat is this) #n eye !atch)
Emily Ao, it's Lola's. She left it here when she s!ent the night. I "ust have to
give it back to her.

EmilyIs Bother ,h, really) (ow many nights did she s!end here) Eighty) 9o you
think I'm stu!id)

Emily Ao, I don't think you're...
EmilyIs Bother >ou haven't even left yet, and if I find any more of these, you're not
going anywhere; .hese are for bad girls with bad grades and no
futures; .his is garbage; <arbage;

#nne >ou !romise you're going to be careful, right) $287&
Lola hy do you kee! asking me that) $288&
#nne I really don't feel comfortable with you staying with a family that I don't
know.
$3??&
Lola Bom, they're 1rench. .hey're !robably stricter than you. $3?%&
#nne ,kay. So I have a little something for you, "ust to add to your
collection.
$3?'&
Lola I love it. .hank you so much. It's so cute. .hank you, Bom. $3?2&
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#nne >ou're welcome. $3?3&
Lola I love you. $3?4&
#nne Let me !ut it on. $3?5&
Lola >eah. It's so cute. $3?6&
#nne >ou !romise, right) .o be careful) $3?7&
Lola I !romise. Sto! asking. $3?8&
#nne ,kay. Ao, no. $3%?&
Lola hat) $3%%&
#nne Ao. Ao. $3%'&
Lola Bom; Bom, I don't have any warm sweaters. $3%2&
#nne >ou have a ton. $3%3&
Lola .hey're all scratchy. .his one is soft. $3%4&
#nne >eah, well, si@-!ly cashmere, it better be. $3%5&
Lola Bom, !lease. -lease, Bommy. $3%6&
#nne Ao. Ao. $3%7&
Lola Bommy, I'm going to be cold, and when I wear it, I'll think of you and
how much you love me and how much I love you and how much I
miss you, Bom. -lease. -lease. It's my favorite...
$3%8&
#nne >ou are such a !ain in the ass. Mnbelievable. 9o not stretch this out. $3'?&
Lola I won't. $3'%&

Emily I'm gonna get some water. 9o you want some)
Lola I'm good, thank you. $3''&
Emily #re we cool, Lola)
Lola >eah, we're cool. $3'2&
Emily Look, I can "ust go talk to him right now, okay)
Lola It's fine. $3'3&
Emily #ll right. I'm gonna get some water.
Janice (ey, what's the matter)
Emily She's still mad at me. I'm getting water.

Lloyd Brs. /handler, where are we) .his is terrible.
Brs. /handler /ome on, we're here. .here are your families. /ome on. <et down
Huickly, girls;

Emily ,kay, where is the Eiffel .ower) $3'4&
+yle ,h, my <od. $3'5&
Lola Is that shee!) $3'6&
Lloyd Brs. /handler, can I go home)
+yle hen you said we were going to -aris, what did you mean) $3'7&
Brs. /handler e're only '? minutes away. ,kay)

1renchIs -arent .his is a way to say hello. It's a 1rench hello.
Llyod hat's u!)
9ude, I've seen this in a horror film. It does not end well. e got to
get out of here.

+yle 9on't discriminate, bro. $3'8&
Lloyd 9iscriminate) #re you kidding me) 9on't say that to me.
1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& Lily try to behave.
Lloyd ,h, my <od. I need a hotel now.
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1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& I ho!e you like snails.
1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& Fed or white wine)
Janice, #shley /heers.

Emily $s!eak in 1rench& E@cuse me, Biss. (ello. 9o you have an ada!ter
for my !hone)

1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& IIm afraid not. I donIt need for one.
Emily ,h great.
1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& #nd this is my daughter, Joan. Joan, say hello.

Lola $talking on the !hone& I miss you, too. $32?&
Emily elcome to the !sych ward.
Lola $talking on the !hone& ,kay, Bom, I gotta go. By battery's about to
die and I got to find an ada!ter, okay)
$32%&
Emily .hey don't have one.
Lola $talking on the !hone& .his family is so weird. Love you. $32'&
#nne $talking on the !hone& ,kay, bye.
She said her family is weird. I knew that I shouldn't let her go.
$322&
$323&
Ethan hy are they weird)
#nneIs Bother .hey're not weird. .hey're 1rench.
#nne #nd how could I forget to send her with an ada!ter) $324&
#nneIs Bother ell, you've given her life, that's enough.
#nne >ou know what) I have to go. $325&
Ethan here are you going)
#nne >ou know what) 9o you guys have homework) >eah, I thought so.
Let's get on it.
$326&
#nneIs Bother So, do you like him)
#nne ho) $327&
#nneIs Bother ho) Starsky.
#nne Bom, would you not call him that) #nd I haven't even thought about
it.
$328&
#nneIs Bother 9on't bullshit me, dear.
#nne I haven't. Feally. I "ust hate it when everyone acts like your life is over
if you don't have a man.
$33?&
#nneIs Bother .here's nothing wrong with getting back on the horse, you know. So,
where is he taking you)

#nne Bom, would you Huit asking me Huestions) >ou don't have to know
everything. (ow do I look)
$33%&
#nneIs Bother >ou look adorable. >ou look adorable and other things to !rotect
yourself.

#nne Bom; $33'&
#nneIs Bother I mean it.
Emma She's like Bom with Lola.
#nne (ey, come on. hat about that homework) Let's get on it, cho!,
cho!, cho!.
$332&
#nneIs Bother (ave fun.

Lola .hat thing is so cree!y. $333&
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Emily ,h, my <od, it is so cold in here.
Lola I know. $334&
Emily hat) 1rench !eo!le don't have heat)
Lola Ao, it's "ust these cree!y Joan of #rc fans. $335&
Emily hy)
Lola *ecause she was burned at the stake; $336&
Emily Lola, why are you still mad at me)
Lola *ecause I would never do to you what you did to me. $337&
Emily >eah, but you don't really even know what ha!!ened, and if you
knew, you would not be u!set.

Lola '/ause you won't tell me; $338&
Emily ,kay, but if I tell you, do you !romise that you won't tell anybody and
you won't laugh at me)

Lola -romise. $34?&
Emily >ou swear) ,kay.
Lola Swear; /ome on. hat) $34%&
Emily ,h, <od;
Lola /ome on, tell me. $34'&
Emily ,h, my <od; I can't. It was en.
>ou said you wouldn't laugh; >ou said you wouldn't laugh.

Lola ,kay, I get why you lied. $342&

Foman So, James, what do you do for a living)
James I'm a co!. Aarcotics.
Foman .ake that.
JeremyIs Bother Just breathe. .ake it easy.
Foman I only smoke because of my sciatica.
James Sciatica)
#nne (e is so full of it. $343&
Foman Ao, I'm not.
JeremyIs Bother Ao, sweetheart, it's okay. (e's a co!;

1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& Joan. Sto! !laying with your Aa!oleon dolls; 9o
you like brain) e love it. ItIs her favorite. IsnIt it, Joan) ItIs !ity. She
hasnIt even eaten her brain.

Emily $s!eak in 1rench& ItIs a !ity.
1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& IIm going to check her.
Emily Ao, no,no, no.
1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& Lola) Is everything okay)
Emily $s!eak in 1rench& 9onIt worry. IIll take care of her.
1renchIs -arent #re you sure)
Emily Lola)
,h, my <od; >ou're a genius. Aice muscles.

+yle $s!eak in 1rench& IIm sorry for being late. .his is my cousin. She is
deaf-mute. She lives in -aris and I never get to see her. Is it a
!roblem if she stays here for the night)

1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& *ut, I donIt have a s!are bed.
+yle $s!eak in 1rench& Baybe, Lloyd wouldnIt mind crashing on the couch)
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,ut here with Lily)
1renchIs -arent $s!eak in 1rench& ell, if itIs okay with LilyJLily is that okay with
you)

+yle $s!eak in 1rench& .hank you, Lily.

+yle e're going to go to bed. .hanks, man. >ou're great. $344&
Lloyd Screw you. .his is the second time.

Lola 9eaf-mute. hy is it so com!licated in /hicago) $345&
+yle I don't know. It's not com!licated here.
(ey, Lol.
$346&
Lola >eah) $347&
+yle /an you do me a favor) /an you kee! my guitar back in /hicago)
>ou're the only !erson I can trust.
$348&
Lola Sure. $35?&
+yle /an I tell you something) $35%&
Lola hat) $35'&
+yle It's actually my first time.

#nne It's my first time since my divorce. $352&

Lola It's so good to love someone so much it hurts. I don't know how
!eo!le survive this. (onestly, I don't.
$353&

+yle $chatting on 1acebook& ItIs not that I donIt love u, itIs "ust bad timing
with the *attle of the *ands and all.

Lola $chatting on 1acebook& hat ha!!ens in -aris stays in -arisJ
+yle $chatting on 1acebook& Ao. *utJ
Lola $chatting on 1acebook& Ao. *ut yes

#nne (ey. $354&
Lola (ey, what's u!) $355&
#nne (ow did it go) I want the scoo!. $356&
Lola hat scoo!) $357&
#nne ,n -aris. $358&
Lola It was cool. $36?&
#nne ,kay, well, what did you do) $36%&
Lola School stuff. It was like, the Eiffel .ower, which is beautiful. #nd
learned some 1rench. It was nothing s!ecial.
hat about you)
$36'&

$362&
#nne Be) $363&
Lola >eah, what did you do) $364&
#nne Feally nothing s!ecial. $365&

Emily ,kay, are you scared)
Janice ell, if he kisses you on the li!s, it means he's cool being your
boyfriend. If not, forget it.

en hat are you doing)
Emily ,kay, yeah. ,kay. Ao. /ome on.
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en I love you.

/had So, is your old man going to let you !lay the gig) ,r are we going to
have to tunnel you out)

+yle #re you kidding) .here's no way I'm going to let my dad ruin our
chance at getting signed. .his is huge, right)
$366&
/had I mean, it's like the biggest chance we have, dude.
+yle Baybe your !arents could ado!t me. $367&
/had >eah, but then my brother could be hooking u! with my e@-girlfriend in
my own house.

+yle Look, man, about that. >ou "ust got to get over it. $367&
/had It's cool. Look, "ust kee! it real with me, and we'll be cool. I mean,
we're like brothers, right)

+yle $chatting on 1acebook& I talked to /had.
Lola $chatting on 1acebook& >eah)
+yle $chatting on 1acebook& itIs all good.
Lola $chatting on 1acebook& #ndJ)
+yle $chatting on 1acebook& Mr my girl.

/had .his is so awesome.
Lola >ou're a socio!ath. $368&
#shley ,kay, no, I'm not doing this. (ow many !igs had to die for this class)
here's -E.#)

/had hat do you think they test all your ho makeu! on)
Lola Sto! calling every girl a ho. It's getting old, okay) $37?&
/had >eah, whatever, ho.
#shley .hank you.
Lola elcome. $37%&
+yle >eah, it comes from the heart. $37'&
Lola ,h, my <od. $372&
#shley .hat is so gross;
Lola +yle, sto!; $373&

#nne $talking on the !hone& #re you kidding me with this room right now,
Lola) It is a !igsty-
$374&
Lola $talking on the !hone& #ll right, will you get out of my stuff) >ou're
never going to find anything in there anyway.
$375&
#nne $talking on the !hone& ell, if I can't find my sweater, then you're
losing your com!uter for a month.
$376&
Lola $talking on the !hone& #ll right. Love you, Bom, love you, Bom. $377&

#nne .his is the worst thing you can do to your child, isn't it) .o betray their
secrets. I feel terrible.
$378&
-sychiatrist So tell her.
#nne hat) $38?&
-sychiatrist #ll of it. .hat you found her diary. .hat you know everything. .ell her.
#nne *ut she would never forgive me. $38%&

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#nne (ello. $38'&
#llen So, you wanted to talk) I'm listening.
#nne >es, I want to talk about Lola. 9id you order) 9on't you start. $382&
#llen hat)
#nne I have a thera!ist who says... and it drives me cra=y. $383&
#llen 9id you tell her how you're doing someone)
#nne I am not doing anyone. $384&
#llen ,h, I'm sorry, yes. >ou're right. It's men who do sluts. >ou women are
always making love to incredible gentlemen.

#nne Just sto! it. .his is really not the time. $385&
#llen .his is a great time for me. *ut I forgot I'm s!eaking with Biss Boral
(igh <round.

#nne Lola's doing drugs. She's smoking !ot. She's a mess right now. $386&
#llen ell. >ou are her role model. hen she hears about your new se@
life, I can't wait for that.

#nne >ou're an idiot. #n absolute idiot. $387&

Lola I'll see you later. $388&
#nne /ome on, let's go; $4??&
Lola I gotta go. $4?%&
#nne Aow. e're gonna be late. $4?'&
Emily (ello, #nne.
#nne (i. $4?2&
Emily I love you. $4?3&
Lola ,kay.
.hat was cold.
$4?4&
$4?5&
#nne ell, I'm not cra=y about you hanging out with that girl. $4?6&
Lola .hat girl is my best friend. I'll hang out with her if I want to. It's my life. $4?7&
#nne hat) $4?8&
Lola It's my life. $4%?&
#nne >ou're my daughter, my res!onsibility. #nd until you turn %7, there's a
few things that I won't tolerate.
$4%%&
Lola Feally, like what) $4%'&
#nne Like messing u! your life. $4%2&
Lola I'm not messing u! my life. $4%3&
#nne Smoking !ot, drinking alcohol, slee!ing around. $4%4&
Lola hat do you call that) here'd you get that) $4%5&
#nne I read your diary, okay) $4%6&
Lola hat) hat) $4%7&
#nne It was an accident. I was looking for my sweater and it fell out... $4%8&
Lola .hat is not an accident; It did not fall; It was hidden, Bom; $4'?&
#nne ell, at least we now know we're on the same !age. $4'%&
Lola >eah, you're a liar; #re you kidding) >ou had no right to do that; .hat
is my !rivate stuff; <od, you're a bitch;
$4''&
#nne Lola; Lola; Lola; $4'2&
#nneIs Bother .his house needs a man.
Ethan hat about me)
#nneIs Bother ,h, sweetie.
#nne e "ust need to talk. here are you going) $4'3&
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Lola .o 9ad's; 9o you mind) $4'4&
#nne Ao, not at all. I'll even be ha!!y to drive you... $4'5&
Lola Ao; I got it. *ye. $4'6&
#nneIs Bother /ome here. By baby. I know. I know, sweetheart. It'll be okay. She'll
come back.

#nne I was never that bad, was I) $4'7&
#nneIs Bother ell, sometimes you were.

#llen I'm !utting garlic in the sauce. $4'8&
Lola Ao.

Lola $chatting on 1acebook& By mom read my diary.
Emily $chatting on 1acebook& Shut u!.
Lola $chatting on 1acebook& I called her a bitch.
Emily $chatting on 1acebook& ,B<; If my mom read my diary, IId death.
Lola $chatting on 1acebook& I know.. hat could be worse) By dad
reading my diary.

EmilyIs Bother Emily, it's dinner;
Emily I'm coming;

Br. /olin Foss Is the image of the J-1-+ triangle by translation of vector I-9, the E-#-
1 triangle or the E-1-J triangle)

en ,kay.
Br. /olin Foss en)
en >eah.
Br. /olin Foss >ou do know what a vector is, right)
en >eah, like (annibal Lector)
Br. /olin Foss /ute. Look. #re you te@ting)
en hat are you doing) I wasn't even on that...
Br. /olin Foss ,kay. I need you to focus on this.
en I told you what a vector is. >ou asked what a vector is. I told you what
it is.

Emily (ey. I didn't get a chance to thank you for covering for me at the
su!ermarket.

Br. /olin Foss Emily, there's no need to thank me. *ut, Emily, you are a beautiful
girl, and you're also a smart girl. #nd smart girls don't need lies and
tricks to get what they want out of life. >ou know what I'm saying)

Emily >eah, totally. ,kay.
Br. /olin Foss #nd also, en is very nice. (e's a good kid. *ut maybe you could
ins!ire him to focus a little bit more on his schoolwork.

Emily ,kay.
Br. /olin Foss #nd also the !icture on his cell !hone. <et him to change it.
Emily >eah. ,kay. >eah, I'm gonna... I'll do that. ,kay. <ood-bye.

#llen I caught you. >ou "ust ate some cream.
Lola I did. $42?&
#llen I'm going to eat some chocolate.
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Lola .his doesn't make it my favorite. $42%&
#llen See, I like the cream the best.
Lola I like the chocolate. $42'&
#llen >eah, you're "ust like your mother. /om!licated)
Lola Lery $422&

Lola 9ear Bom, I'm sorry if what you read in my "ournal made you feel
differently about me, but the truth is, I wanted to tell you everything in
there but I was scared. Scared of what you'd think of me, and scared
that you'd blame yourselfO which you shouldn't. I know I've been a real
handful this year. #nd I haven't a!!reciated your love. Since I left, I'm
not crying because I'm sad. It's because I made you sad, and you so
don't deserve it. I know we're both "ust coming from our own sides, but
maybe we could meet in the middle. I miss you so much it hurts. Love,
Lola.
$423&

#nne I missed you so much. $424&
Lola Bissed you, too. Sorry. $425&
#nne It's okay. I'm sorry, too. $426&

Lola *attle of the *ands. $427&
#shley /heck it out.
Lola *attle of the *ands. 1inals. $428&
#shley *attle of the *ands. I'm out.
Lola .hat was Huick. $43?&
+yle I don't know. If I go home before the show, my dad won't let me out. $43%&
/had ait, you said you had this taken care of.
Lloyd >ou got to figure out something and we can't go to my house.
#shley ,kay, well, you guys figure it out and let me know, but I got to go
change.

+yle <ot to do something. $43'&

Lola Bom) /an I ask you a favor) $432&
#nne #lready) >es) $433&
Lola It's like... >ou would be the best mom in the whole, wide world. $434&
#nne hat do you want) $435&
Lola I "ust have a few friends that need to do band !ractice. /ome here;
.his is +yle. >ou remember +yle, right)
$436&
#nne >es. (i. $437&
+yle Aice to meet you again. $438&
Lola (e has this show thing. >ou're the best. *ye; $44?&
#nneIs Bother >ou're the best mom in the world.

B/ e have our results, and the winner of the *attle of the *ands is Ao
Sham!oo; Let's have them sing another song;

+yle .his song is for someone who means a lot to me. $44%&

Lola I guess if I've learned anything this year, it's that you can !retend to $44'&
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be anyone you want. *ut when it comes to love, I mean real love, the
best thing is "ust be yourself.
.ruth is, me and Bom aren't so different. #fter all this, we're finally
ready to let each other grow u!. #nd it's nice to know, no matter what
ha!!ens, we'll always be there for each other.

$442&

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3. Program Studi : Sastra Inggris
4. Topik Skripsi : Sociolinguistics
5. Judul Skripsi : Woman and Mans Speech Style Used by the Main
Characters in LOL (Laughing Out Loud) Movie
6. Tanggal Mengajukan : 20 Februari 2013
7. Tanggal Selesai Revisi : 22 November 2013
8. Nama Pembimbing : I. Emy Sudarwati, S.S., M.Pd
II. Iswahyuni, M.Pd
9. Keterangan Konsultasi :
No. Tanggal Materi Pembimbing Paraf
1. 20 Februari 2013 Konsultasi judul
skripsi
Pembimbing I
2. 4 Maret 2013 Pengajuan BAB I - III Pembimbing I
3. 18 Maret 2013 Revisi BAB I III Pembimbing I
4. 25 Maret 2013 Revisi BAB I III Pembimbing I
5. 10 April 2013 Pengajuan BAB I - III Pembimbing II
6. 15 April 2013 Revisi BAB I III Pembimbing I
7. 16 April 2013 Revisi BAB I III Pembimbing I
8. 26 April 2013 Revisi BAB I III Pembimbing II
9. 29 April 2013 ACC Seminar
Proposal
Pembimbing I
10. 1 Mei 2013 ACC Seminar
Proposal
Pembimbing II
11. 13 Mei 2013 Seminar Proposal Pembimbing I
12. 13 Mei 2013 Seminar Proposal Pembimbing II
13. 6 September 2013 Pengajuan BAB I V Pembimbing I
14. 9 September 2013 Revisi BAB I V Pembimbing I
15. 16 September 2013 Revisi BAB I V Pembimbing II
16. 7 Oktober 2013 Revisi BAB IV V Pembimbing II
17. 14 Oktober 2013 Revisi BAB IV V Pembimbing II
18. 18 Oktober 2013 ACC Seminar Hasil Pembimbing I
19. 21 Oktober 2013 ACC Seminar Hasil Pembimbing II
20. 28 Oktober 2013 Seminar Hasil Pembimbing I
21. 28 Oktober 2013 Seminar Hasil Pembimbing II
22. 29 Oktober 2013 Revisi BAB I V Pembimbing I
23. 5 November 2013 Revisi BAB I V Pembimbing II
24. 6 November 2013 ACC Ujian Skripsi Pembimbing I
25. 6 November 2013 ACC Ujian Skripsi Pembimbing II
26. 11 November 2013 Ujian Skripsi Pembimbing I
27. 11 November 2013 Ujian Skripsi Pembimbing II
28. 16 November 2013 Revisi setelah ujian
skripsi
Pembimbing I
29. 22 November 2013 Revisi setelah ujian
skripsi
Pembimbing II

Telah dievaluasi dan diuji dengan nilai
Malang, 2 Desember 2013
Dosen Pembimbing I Dosen Pembimbing II

Emy Sudarwati, S.S., M.Pd Iswahyuni, M. Pd
NIK. 830414 12 1 2 01 01 NIK.

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