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A New Language
On the Internet, most people communicate through text, whether
through email, newsgroups, message boards, or presenting
information on a website. And often because we cannot see the
people we interact with, we miss out on the normal bodily cues
that tell us how people may be feeling or reacting. Like whether
the person you're talking to was smiling or laughing when you
said something. Or whether they scowled....It is difficult to
translate emotions.
On the Internet, there are also
symbols or emoticons that you can use to add expression to your
text message. The following are a sample of some of the
emoticons that you see commonly. To view an emoticon, you have
to tilt your head to the left and view the pictures.
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:-) smiling; agreeing
:-D laughing
:( sad
:-< really sad
:' crying
:-o surprise
:O shocked |
|-O yawning
|-I asleep
;-) winking; just kidding
:*) clowning
:-T keeping a straight face
: * kisses
:-{} blowing a kiss
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On the Internet, people also
often use simplified abbreviations just like people do when send
text messages via their mobile phones. The following are a
sample of some of the popular acronyms.
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IMO In my opinion
IMHO In my humble opinion
JIC Just in case
LOL Laughing out loud
LOL Lots of Luck
LOL Lots of Love
MTCW My Two Cents Worth
NBD No big deal
NRN No Reply Necessary
OOBE Out of Body Experience
OTOH On the other hand
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing |
TTFN Ta Ta For Now
TIA Thanks In Advance
WWW Wide World Web
WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
ROFL Rolling On Floor Laughing
FOCL Falling Off Chair Laughing
GFI Go For It!
FYI For Your Information
BTW By The Way
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike
OIC Oh I see
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