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There's also a social status cost, which could be great or small, for example if your readers have an intense dislike for netspeak and poor English.
by Jach 15y ago
There's also a social status cost, which could be great or small, for example if your readers have an intense dislike for netspeak and poor English.
- FuzzyDunlop 15y agoHere in the UK it's interesting to note that, while text speak was all the rage a few years ago, it faded out. It was replaceddddd by making wordssss actuallllllly longerrrrrr for no reeeeaaaasonnnnn!!! Now the text speak is a bit more reined in and not totally incomprehensible like it used to get.
- andrewflnr 15y agoI have observed that on occasion here in the US too.
- hammock 15y agoActually making the words longer like that goes a long way to expressing emotion in your texts - while avoiding the use of emoticons, which make you look like a girl. For example, adding letters to a word is especially useful when teasing someone- gives them a hint you're not 100% serious.