We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are: BTW(by the way); BRB(be right back); LOL(laughing out loud); IMO(in my opinion) People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are: info(information); puter(computer); pic(picture); sec(second) We ususally don’t see people when we communicate on the Internet, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw “feelings”, such as: :-) (happy); ;-)(joking); :-((sad); :-O(surprised) These days, many forums(论坛)have picture feelings. For example: (happy) (sad) (angry) (cool) There are even whole new words, like ”newbie’s” (someone who is new on a chat board or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it’s called “flaming” the person. It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change. 小题1:Why do people type acronyms?
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