manner. The aim of the speaker is not to vilify God or anything connected with religion but it may be used to express emotional response to certain
motives. Profanity is the lowest types of taboo language that appear in
internet meme. In internet meme, profanity appears 7 times with the percentage of 6.48. Profanity occurs when someone is using religious
terminology in a profane, secular, or uncaring manner such as Jss, Christ, hl, dn, and Goddn. Although the terminology is used with
those manners, but the intention of the speaker is not actually to denigrate God or anything associated with religion. The intention of the speaker is
actually to express an emotional reaction to certain stimuli. In internet meme, the most common profanity used as the caption in meme is dn
and Goddn.
2. EFL learners’ Comprehension of English Taboo wORDS in internet
meme.
The second finding is about EFL learners understanding about taboo language in internet meme. The researcher asked 50 EFL learners included
teachers and students from university to participate and filled the questionnaire. The researcher got the result as follow:
The chart shows that most of EFL learners write that they did not know about the meme 46.00, answer that the meme is impolite
29.8, the answer that the word is rude 10.20, answer that the meme is disgusting 7.70, And the last the answer that the meme is not good to
46,00 29,8
10,20 7,70
6,30 4.20
I do not know about this
meme This meme is
impolite The word is
rude The meme is
disgusting The meme is
not good to be seen
refuse to answer
Chart 1. EFL Learners Answer
be seen 6.30. There are some reasons behind answer, and the writer make the category of the EFL learne
rs’ answer as follow: a.
I do not know about the meme.
Mostly of EFL learners’ answer showed that they did not understand about the meme. This answer increases the percentage 46.00
all at once as the highest answer of the EFL learners. This answered is followed by some reasons such as: ”I never see the meme” appear 35 times
7.30, “I do not know the words” 9.40, “I confuse to answer” appear
40 times 8.40, and most of students choose to blank the answer sheet as the way to express that they do not understand about the meme
14.40. b.
The meme is impolite
The second highest percentage is the answer “the meme is impolite” that get the percentage 29.80. There are so many reasons
behind this answer such “ the meme is vulgar 5.40, “the meme contain porn” 3.75, “not good to share” 6.1, “not allowed to be read
2.90, “the word is not good” 11, 72.
7,30 9,40
6,50 8,40
14,40
I never see the meme
I do not know the words
it is not important
I confuse to answer
blank the answer
Chart 2. EFL Learners Reasons
5,40 3,75
6,1 2,90
11,70
The picture is vulgar
Meme contains porn
Not good to be shared
Not allowed to be read
The word is not good
Chart 3. EFL Learners Reason
c. The word is rude
This answer get the percentage 10.20, there are some reasons behind this answer such as, “it can make heartache” 3.54, “too straight
to do point” 2.70, “too hurt for someone’s feeling” 3.96.
d. The meme is disgusting
This answer get the percentage 7.7 with the reasons such as, “there are so many vulgar words” increase 2.50, “the picture is too
vulgar” increase 3.10, and the last “the meme could not be shared”
increase 2.1. e.
The meme is not good to be seen
3,54 2,7
3,96
Can make heartache
Too straight to do point
too hurt for someones feeling
Chart 3. EFL Learners reason
2,50 3,10
2,1
There are so many vulgar word
The picture is too vulgar
The meme couldn’t be shared
Chart 4. EFL Learners Reasons
1.50 1.90
1.00 1.90
will be bad for children if they see it
Make the reader influenced
Meme teach bad things
Meme caused negative effect for
society
Chart 6. EFL Learners Reason
This answer increase the percentage 6.30 with the reasons such as, “will be bad for children if they see it” increase 1.50, “make the
reader influenced” increase 1.90, “meme teach bad things” increase
1.00, and the last “meme caused negative effect for society” increase
1.90. f.
Refuse to Answer
This answer increase the percentage 4.20 with the reasons such as, “I don’t care” increase 1.20, “I don’t want to see it” 1.40, “it’s not my
business” 1.60.
B. Discussion
