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Survey.

My name is Catherine Browning, and I am a fourth year (honours) student at
Monash University, Australia.  My nick on #germany is usually either
"Katze" or "Kaetzchen".  I have completed my pass degree for the Bachelor
of Arts (Languages) and am currently working on my thesis, which will
detail the similarities / differences between modern spoken German,
IRC-German and IRC-English.

The following survey is to help me analyse my data on IRC, German and
English.  All replies will be kept strictly anonymous.
Thankyou for your time.

For the following questions, please give as much detail in your answers as
you feel comfortable revealing.  

Question 1.	Are you a native speaker of English?

Question 2.	When using IRC, do you feel that you are "talking" to
other people, or "writing" to them?  If neither, with what would
you compare IRC?

Question 3.	Is it possible to have IRC friends, or just acquaintances?  

Question 4.	Do you feel videoconferencing will alter the future of
IRC, or do you think that most people will choose not to use
such programmes, to preserve the nature of IRC?

Question 5.	Do you feel that playing with one's identity is an
integral part of IRC?

Question 6.	Have you ever pretended to be different on IRC to how you
are in "real life"?  (ie. a different gender, age, race, a
few kilos lighter, a few inches taller etc.)

Question 7.	What does Real Life (RL) mean to you?

GREETINGS / LEAVE-TAKINGS.

Question 8.	When you enter a channel for the first time, how would you
greet the people who are already there?

Question 9.	When you enter a channel for the second (or more) time,
how would you greet the people who are already there?

Quesion 10.	You are leaving a channel.  How would you say goodbye if:
		a.	you will very shortly be returning?
		b.	you will be returning in a couple of hours?
		c.	you will be returning the following day at the
			earliest?

Question 11.	You are already in a channel when a new person joins it.
How would you greet them (or would you greet them at all) if:
		a.	you already know this person?
		b.	you do not already know this person?
		Does it make a difference if the person had only recently
left your channel, or not? If yes, please explain your answer.

Question 12.	You are already in a channel when someone who is in the
same channel as yourself has to leave.  What would you say (if anything)
if:
		a.	You know this person, and he will be coming back
			very soon?
		b.	You know this person, but he will not be back for
			a couple of hours?
		c.	You know this person, but he will not be back
			until tomorrow at the earliest?
		d.	You DON'T know this person, but he will be coming
			back very soon?
		e.	You DON'T know this person, but he will be coming
			back in a couple of hours?
		f.	You DON'T know this person, and he will not be
			back until tomorrow at the earliest?

PARTICLES / PHONETIC SPELLING.

Question 13.	Particles are a part of speech -- they are often spoken,
but hardly ever written.  How often do you use particles in your IRC
communication?
		a.	Never.
		b.	Sometimes, but seldom.
		c.	Often.
		d.	Very often.
		e.	Always.
		(Particles are words like "ummm", "well", "you see", "the
thing is ..." etc.)

Question 14.	English isn't always pronounced as it is written.
Sometimes people say  "hoi" instead of "hi", "dawg"
instead of "dog", "ya" instead of "you", "watcha
upta" instead of "what are you up to? etc. How often do you write English
as it is 		pronounced on Internet Relay Chat?
		a.	Never.
		b.	Sometimes, but seldom.
		c.	Often.
		d.	Very often.
		e.	Always.

EMOTIONS AND ACTIONS.

Question 15.	Do you believe it is possible to express emotions on
Internet Relay Chat?  If yes, how does one do so?  eg.  use of
capitalisation, emoticons, letter-repetition (ie. Hellooooo,
reeeeeeeee), use of multiple punctuation marks (ie. hi 	:))))) !!!!!!!!),
the "/me" command, a combination or all of the above, or something else?

Question 16.	Do you believe it is possible to express actions on
Internet Relay Chat?  If yes, how does one do so?  (for
examples, see question 15 above).

ADDRESSIVITY / NICKS.

Question 17.	a.	Is choice of Nick important to you?  
		b.	How did you come to choose your nick?  
		c.	How would you feel if someone used your nick?
		d.	What options does one have to indicate whether his
			message is intended for one person or the entire
			channel?

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Please answer the following questions if you feel comfortable in doing so

Question 18.	Age? 

Question 19.	Sex / Gender?

Question 20.	Nick?

Question 21.	Where did you learn English? (If you are a native speaker
of English,
		please give the state / country where you learned English)

Question 22.	How do you have access to IRC? (ie. through University,
		School, Work, privately or other)

Question 23.	Would you be interested in being kept up-to-date with the
		progress of my thesis? (ie. would you like to know whether IRC German is
		closer to spoken or written German?)

Question 24.	In my thesis, may I quote you by "nick", should I
anonymize you or should I not quote you at all?

Question 25.	Is there anything else you would like to say about IRC
English or IRC German?

Thankyou very much for your time.

Catherine Browning (Katze / Kaetzchen on #germany)
Monash University, Australia.
Preferred email:        cebro@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au
Alternative email:      cebro@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au
			cebro3@student.monash.edu.au
Home Page:              http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~cebro