Dialogue in and between Different Cultures - International ...
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134 Angelika Fröhlich & Sonja Lux<br />
(4) Tiger-177 begrüßt alle<br />
Stitch22 begrüßt alle […]<br />
“Tiger-177 greets everyone<br />
Stitch22 greets everyone […]”<br />
And they are realized just by press<strong>in</strong>g a button. Typically such greet<strong>in</strong>gs are found<br />
<strong>in</strong> chat rooms with younger chatters. The chatters often have to <strong>in</strong>sist on receiv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
an answer like <strong>in</strong> the example below where the chatter sweety_86 tries to engage<br />
<strong>in</strong> the chat:<br />
(5) Sweety_86 begrüßt alle […]<br />
Sweety_86: wer will mit mir chatten? […]<br />
Sweety_86 setzt sich <strong>in</strong> e<strong>in</strong>e e<strong>in</strong>same Ecke und wartet auf e<strong>in</strong>en süßen Boy […]<br />
Sweety_86: wer will mit mir chatten???<br />
“Sweety_86 greets everyone […]<br />
Sweety_86: who wants to chat with me? […]<br />
Sweety_86 sits down <strong>in</strong> a lonely corner <strong>and</strong> waits for a cute boy […]<br />
Sweety_86: who wants to chat with me???”<br />
The greet<strong>in</strong>g phrase does not evoke any reply, so sweety86 asks whether there is<br />
anyone will<strong>in</strong>g to engage <strong>in</strong> a chat with her. As no one reacts, she tries to draw the<br />
attention to her by post<strong>in</strong>g the phrase that she is sitt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> a corner wait<strong>in</strong>g. As still<br />
no one reacts, she asks one more time, underl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g her request with iterated<br />
question marks this time.<br />
It seems strik<strong>in</strong>g that greet<strong>in</strong>g sequences are far more out-stretched <strong>in</strong> chat<br />
rooms with older chatters. The younger ones often content themselves with short<br />
st<strong>and</strong>ardized phrases to which they do not necessarily expect an answer. The same<br />
is true for the part<strong>in</strong>g phrases. While young chatters often just ‘check-out’ of the<br />
chat with a quick ‘Bye everybody’, ‘CU’ or a simple ‘…<strong>and</strong> gone’, while older<br />
chatters show a more polite part<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> greet<strong>in</strong>g behaviour. This can be found <strong>in</strong><br />
German as well as <strong>in</strong> Russian chat rooms – the older <strong>and</strong> the more acqua<strong>in</strong>ted the<br />
users are, the longer welcom<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> part<strong>in</strong>g sequences become (cf. Fix 2001:49).<br />
Two examples <strong>in</strong> German (6) <strong>and</strong> Russian (7) are given below 8 :<br />
(6) Hermel<strong>in</strong>1 w<strong>in</strong>kt zum Abschied […]<br />
Golfer<strong>in</strong>-53 [@hermel<strong>in</strong>1]: dann wünsch ich dir noch e<strong>in</strong>en schönen abend<br />
und knuddel dich mal<br />
Malli-Smile: e<strong>in</strong>en schönen abend<br />
*Elfe*: schönen abend noch hermel<strong>in</strong><br />
Radi: grüß dich lieb donaunixe<br />
Golfer<strong>in</strong>-53: gehts scho hermel<strong>in</strong>?<br />
Hermel<strong>in</strong>: ja war schon zu lange im chat<br />
8 The <strong>in</strong>dented sentences constitute the part<strong>in</strong>g of hermel<strong>in</strong>, while the non-<strong>in</strong>tended sentences<br />
compose the welcome of donaunixe. This optical dist<strong>in</strong>ction was made <strong>in</strong> order to make it easier to<br />
follow the conversation that otherwise might seem chaotic.
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