English on the Internet

NETSPEAK
"LOL, cause typin lyke dis is smrt srsly

QUIZZ

WHAT DO THOSE MEAN ??

EASY ONES FOR THE BEGINNING

IDK ROFL LOL BRB YOLO

 IDK- I dont know ROFL- Rolling on the floor laughing LOL- Laugh Out Loud or Lots of Love or Lucifer Our Lord BRB- Be right back YOLO- you only live once

 TMI JK TTYL YKW IOW IRL

 TMI too much information JK- just kidding TTYL- talk to you later YKW- you know what? IOW- in other words IRL- in real life

VAGUENESS OF NETSPEAK

A: Gr8gurlnot4u is now online B: Bookworm is now online.

 A: Lyk OMG gess wat !!!!! B: What? A: Kyle sed he wanna go 2 danc w/ mii B: What? I cant understand what youre typing.

 A: He wana go 2 danc wit me B: He wants to go where? Are you picking him up?

 A: Nuuu!!! Gurlz dun pik up guyz B: Oh, then where is he going?

 A: OMG ur suc n idiot !! Im not eben tlkin 2 u nemur B: What? Seriously, I cant understand what youre typing.

 A: nu, im not tlkin 2 u B: Huh? A:Gr8gurlnot4u is now offline B: Dude, what just happened?

WORD FORMATION PROCESSES

ABBREVIATIONS
admin administrator bro brother uncrtn uncertain txt text tech technology cam camera btwn- between cud could thx thanks cmon come on abt about br, broom bathroom

CLIPPING gator -aligator fax- facsimile

Try to guess the meaning of:

jams tec

ACRONYMY
Initialisms:
WWW - world wide web ASAP- as soon as possible FYI - for your information ATM - at the moment IYKWIM - If you know what I mean

ACRONYMY
Acronyms: AIDS- acquired immune deficiency syndrome NATO- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

ACRONYMY
WYSIWYG ? NBFAB ? AAMOF ? NASA ? PIN ?

BLENDING
netizen - net citizen netiquette - net etiquette

Try to guess the meaning of:

smassy cyborg

COMPOUNDING
mousclick, mousepad, mouseover firmware, freeware, groupware webcam, webmail, webmaster, webster

DERIVATION
cyberspace cybernaut cybercrime cybercaf

Try to think of examples with the affix hyper-

hypertext hyper... hyper

CONVERSION mouse - to mouse e-mail - to e-mail access - to access

CONVERSION

clipboard - to clipboard ? geek - to geek out ?

COMBINATIONS OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS

str8 - straight some1- someone

THE USE OF EMOTICONS

-) regular smile - ( sad - e disappointed [ ] hugs - D laughter - anger - 0 wow @ what

FILM: TEXT TALK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOXZhlbvcn E

EXAMPLES:

you, natasha, are sooo dumb hahaahahahahahhaahh omfg

Lol wut u think that some1 will read it or not tey just wont follow it duh

hispanic are always funny repp it man lols... but really he was pretty gud!

beyonce wud have this a song a hit , its a nice song , jst that selena s voice is nt gud for singing , stick to acting n ur cloth line . nice song ...wen u ready cum n get it na na na singing along mwah

SPELLING MISTAKES
A: I whip my hair back and fourth B: As opposed to back and fifth??

 A: I hate lairs.. B: Actually, I think lairs are very cool, especially when secret and underground. Batman was quite awesome.. Liars do suck, however

FILM: INTERNET ENGLISH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPltpdu9KGM

THE END