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.Acronyms are so commonthat they regularly receive critical comment, as observed by SteveG.Steinberg, quoted in Wired style :20 When it comes to tech-nology, the greater the number of acronyms, the higher thebullshit factor. A tiny sample would include BBS [ bulletin boardsystem ], BCC [ blind carbon copy ], DNS [ domain name sys-tem ], FAQ [ frequently asked question ], HTML [ HypertextMarkup Language ], ISP [ Internet service provider ], URL[ uniform resource locator ], MUDs and MOOs (see chapter 6),and the names of many firms and sites, such as AOL, IBM, IRC.20Hale and Scanlon (1999: 188). 90 language and the internetLetter-plus-number combinations are also found: W3C [ WorldWide Web Consortium ], 3Com [a data-networking organiza-tion the Coms standing for Computer, Communications,Compatibility], P3P [ Platform for Privacy Preferences ], Go2Net.The chatgroups and virtual worlds also have their abbreviations,some of which turn up on e-mail and in personal web pages.21Some of the commonest ones are listed in table 3.2.Newertechnology, such as the WAP-phones [ Wireless ApplicationProtocol ] with their tiny screens, have motivated a whole newgenre of abbreviated forms.The acronyms are no longer restrictedto words or short phrases, but can be sentence-length: AYSOS[ Are you stupid or something? ], CID [ Consider it done ], CIO[ Check it out ], GTG [ Got to go ], WDYS [ What did you say? ].Individual words can be reduced to two or three letters: PLS[ please ], THX or TX [ thanks ], WE [ whatever ].Some are likerebuses, in that the sound value of the letter or numeral acts as asyllable of a word, or are combinations of rebus and letter initial:B4N [ Bye for now ], CYL [ See you later ], L8R [ later ].Furtherexamples are given on p.262.Distinctive graphology is also an important feature of Netspeak.The range extends from an enhanced system (by comparisonwith traditional writing) with a wide range of special fonts andstyles, as in the most sophisticated web pages, to a severelyreduced system, with virtually no typographic contrastivity(not even such basic features as italics or boldface), as in manye-mails and chatgroup conversations.All orthographic featureshave been affected.For example, the status of capitalizationvaries greatly.Most of the Internet is not case-sensitive, whichthus motivates the random use of capitals or no capitals at all.There is a strong tendency to use lower case everywhere.The save a keystroke principle is widely found in e-mails, instantmessages, chatgroups, and virtual worlds, where whole sentencescan be produced without capitals (or punctuation):john are you going to london next week21A list is available at http://www.netlingo.com. Finding an identity 91Table 3.2 Some abbreviations used in Netspeak conversations(both upper- and lower-case forms are used)aafaik as far as I know hhok ha ha only kiddingafk away from keyboard hth hope this helpsasap as soon as possible ianal I m not a lawyer, but.a/s/l age/sex/location ic I see; [in MUDs] inatw at the weekend characterawhfy are we having fun yet? icwum I see what you meanbbfn bye bye for now idk I don t knowbbl be back later iirc if I remember correctlybcnu be seeing you imho in my humble opinionb4 before imi I mean itbfd big fucking deal imnsho in my not so humblebg big grin opinionbrb be right back imo in my opinionbtw by the way iou I owe youcfc call for comments iow in other wordscfv call for votes irl in real lifecm call me jam just a minutecu see you j4f just for funcul see you later jk just kiddingcul8r see you later kc keep coolcya see you khuf know how you feeldk don t know l8r laterdur? do you remember? lol laughing out loudeod end of discussion m8 matef? friends? mtfbwu may the force be with youfotcl falling off the chair na no accesslaughing nc no commentf2f face-to-face np no problemfwiw for what it s worth nwo no way outfya for your amusement obtw oh by the wayfyi for your information o4u only for youg grin oic oh I seegal get a life otoh on the other handgd&r grinning ducking and pmji pardon my jumping inrunning ptmm please tell me moregmta great minds think alike rip rest in peacegr8 great rotf rolling on the floorgsoh good sense of humour rotfl rolling on the floor laughing 92 language and the internetTable 3.2 (cont [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.Acronyms are so commonthat they regularly receive critical comment, as observed by SteveG.Steinberg, quoted in Wired style :20 When it comes to tech-nology, the greater the number of acronyms, the higher thebullshit factor. A tiny sample would include BBS [ bulletin boardsystem ], BCC [ blind carbon copy ], DNS [ domain name sys-tem ], FAQ [ frequently asked question ], HTML [ HypertextMarkup Language ], ISP [ Internet service provider ], URL[ uniform resource locator ], MUDs and MOOs (see chapter 6),and the names of many firms and sites, such as AOL, IBM, IRC.20Hale and Scanlon (1999: 188). 90 language and the internetLetter-plus-number combinations are also found: W3C [ WorldWide Web Consortium ], 3Com [a data-networking organiza-tion the Coms standing for Computer, Communications,Compatibility], P3P [ Platform for Privacy Preferences ], Go2Net.The chatgroups and virtual worlds also have their abbreviations,some of which turn up on e-mail and in personal web pages.21Some of the commonest ones are listed in table 3.2.Newertechnology, such as the WAP-phones [ Wireless ApplicationProtocol ] with their tiny screens, have motivated a whole newgenre of abbreviated forms.The acronyms are no longer restrictedto words or short phrases, but can be sentence-length: AYSOS[ Are you stupid or something? ], CID [ Consider it done ], CIO[ Check it out ], GTG [ Got to go ], WDYS [ What did you say? ].Individual words can be reduced to two or three letters: PLS[ please ], THX or TX [ thanks ], WE [ whatever ].Some are likerebuses, in that the sound value of the letter or numeral acts as asyllable of a word, or are combinations of rebus and letter initial:B4N [ Bye for now ], CYL [ See you later ], L8R [ later ].Furtherexamples are given on p.262.Distinctive graphology is also an important feature of Netspeak.The range extends from an enhanced system (by comparisonwith traditional writing) with a wide range of special fonts andstyles, as in the most sophisticated web pages, to a severelyreduced system, with virtually no typographic contrastivity(not even such basic features as italics or boldface), as in manye-mails and chatgroup conversations.All orthographic featureshave been affected.For example, the status of capitalizationvaries greatly.Most of the Internet is not case-sensitive, whichthus motivates the random use of capitals or no capitals at all.There is a strong tendency to use lower case everywhere.The save a keystroke principle is widely found in e-mails, instantmessages, chatgroups, and virtual worlds, where whole sentencescan be produced without capitals (or punctuation):john are you going to london next week21A list is available at http://www.netlingo.com. Finding an identity 91Table 3.2 Some abbreviations used in Netspeak conversations(both upper- and lower-case forms are used)aafaik as far as I know hhok ha ha only kiddingafk away from keyboard hth hope this helpsasap as soon as possible ianal I m not a lawyer, but.a/s/l age/sex/location ic I see; [in MUDs] inatw at the weekend characterawhfy are we having fun yet? icwum I see what you meanbbfn bye bye for now idk I don t knowbbl be back later iirc if I remember correctlybcnu be seeing you imho in my humble opinionb4 before imi I mean itbfd big fucking deal imnsho in my not so humblebg big grin opinionbrb be right back imo in my opinionbtw by the way iou I owe youcfc call for comments iow in other wordscfv call for votes irl in real lifecm call me jam just a minutecu see you j4f just for funcul see you later jk just kiddingcul8r see you later kc keep coolcya see you khuf know how you feeldk don t know l8r laterdur? do you remember? lol laughing out loudeod end of discussion m8 matef? friends? mtfbwu may the force be with youfotcl falling off the chair na no accesslaughing nc no commentf2f face-to-face np no problemfwiw for what it s worth nwo no way outfya for your amusement obtw oh by the wayfyi for your information o4u only for youg grin oic oh I seegal get a life otoh on the other handgd&r grinning ducking and pmji pardon my jumping inrunning ptmm please tell me moregmta great minds think alike rip rest in peacegr8 great rotf rolling on the floorgsoh good sense of humour rotfl rolling on the floor laughing 92 language and the internetTable 3.2 (cont [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]