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13.5.3 :-? Tea
Like any language netspeak needs to be learned and practiced, IMHO (in my humble opinion - implying,
of course that it is anythingbut humble.) The native speakers
of netspeak in this class, myself included, were often remiss in letting the newbies (outsiders)know
<BG> (big grin), what we were saying. emot-i-cons (things like
smilies :-) or winkies ;-) with glasses 8-) or hair =8-) ) andacronyms like LOL (laughing out loud),
SHOUTING, or whispering, etc., are used to replace the tones, facial
and body languageapparent in F2F. There are places on the web that are devoted to these shortcuts to
this Net body language.
So if you are 404 on geekspeak and you feel that your computer has gone Cyrillic when some people talk
to you. If you are tired of being flamed for being a lamer, and
tech support has said the problem is PEBCAK then go here http://horizon.unc.edu/projects/monograph/CD/Internet_Glossaries/lingo.asp
This is a fun place to learn -- bookmark it (select favorites on you browser menu if you are using Internet
Explorer) so you can be a netizen and read the burble and
recognize it for what it is.
<VBEG>
(very big evil grin)
Tea
8^P
15.5.9 :-) Anthony
Like any language netspeak needs to be learned and practiced...
Netspeak and other slang are not needed to take an online class and actually shouldn't be used. Not
everyone online is a geek and not everyone who qualifies
appreciates the title either.
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