11-24-2003, 05:24 PM | #11 | ||
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[/QUOTE]No never. As I said, I think most offline written language is formal, as in reports for work or school essays etc. There may be a small incidence of specifically internet shorthand in informal writing, but for the most part I think they would be separate. Most of the abbreviations would be not relevant anyway - for example I can't really think of any time when the longhand of IIRC or AFAIK or IMHO would be appropriate in 'formal' language use, so the abbreviations wouldn't be used either. [ 11-24-2003, 05:27 PM: Message edited by: Aelia Jusa ]
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11-24-2003, 06:42 PM | #12 | |
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I also agree that it is mainly at the chat rooms where netspeak takes place. But again, my view is that it reflects on the sentiment of the person at that point in time, more than anything else. The person is probably on the impatient side at that point in time - wanting to rebut a point, defend his/her view or share some juicy secret, feeling relaxed and not caring a whit about proper grammar or spelling, in the mood for creativity (it might be considered 'cool' to invent a new acronym)... the list could go on. As for whether a person could behave differently online and in real life, of course! Too often have we heard jokes about people who felt let down by each other when they finally met face-to-face. I like to think that there is some basis for these jokes, since no one would really invent these if there had not been a real life experience by some remote person. Lastly, I think it is possible for a person to engage in netspeak even off the internet. If I had made a few good friends over the internet and decided to write to them using the good old-fashioned way, I might easily inject a few acronyms (especially those that we use often), but out of choice. I would do it, because I felt that these would enhance our familiarity with each other, and not because my standard of language had subconsciously been eroded. |
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