Ah! Thanks fauna, I see it now if I turn my head to the left.

I have got the answer quoted below to a question I posted on the voice Forum:

zdbfsnsfnsnsn

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srbnsdnwsrn

Could somebody explain what it means (if it means anything at all and it was not offensive)?

Thanks,

Honestly, jose-luis, I think it's jibberish... I can't imagine a single thing that would go with the "answer" they posted. Sorry, I think whoever replied wasn't using their brain. Then again, I don't know internet lingo very well, but I have never heard of that...

YEA..:Dheehee
other ones i learned was
^0^ -___-" :] umm.. my famous one ^_^....@__@ that means crazy(dizzy)

OH! there's also :P..heehee
yea,..can't think of anymore!

Nice! I find this one: @__@ quite graphic and !*****! (in the "old" sense).

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So, the word "gai" with "y" gets censored by the system... interesting.

For some reason it won't allow me to owner edit at the moment, but here is some other net lingo:

You all now the normal smily faces, but there are more!

:D - Like Kara asked is a big happy grin!

;;- Means crying

>=)- is an ornery face. Like a little evil grin with your eyebrows squished together.

>=( - is an annoyed mad/sad face

-.- - is a glare face. Like when someone says something silly and you just stare at them.

XD - Laughing really loud with your eyes closed. A Guffaw of sorts.

>.> or <.< - are eyes shifting around in unsurity.

^^ - someone is jesting and raising their eyebrows at you.

O.o - Someone has said something surprising or shocking, and you have raised an eyebrow, so one eye is bigger than the other.

O.O - Wide open eyes express big surprise!

m(_ _)m - Someone is banging their head face down on the desk and the M's are their hands while the _ _ marks are their eyes. I won't anymore of those, because they tend to come more from Japanese gamers than anyone else.

:O - a surprised face

:/ - You might have hurt someones feelings if you see this one.

:P - is someone sticking their tongue out at you and playing around.

Also, the "eyes" of the face can be changed around depending on the program you are using. This form for instance automatically makes a smiley face for you if you type : ) without the gap. When people don't want that they will occassionally makes their faces like this:

>=) or >8D

Those are all of the smilies and faces I can think of right now. Have fun with them! XD

Since when has "ga.y" in either sense become a swearword?!

"Since when has "ga.y" in either sense become a swearword?!"
Great point..
Especially since it is used in a few older pieces to describe a tempo/feeling at the heading of them. Seems that these days, people have to be forced to be responsible at every turn.
Alas, All this censorship stuff makes me want to go on the phone and use words like terrorist, Osama and Al Quaeda in every call.
~Bilbo
N.E. Ohio

It could be a case of homophobia... (lol)

Go for it, Bilbo! If the government thinks they have the right to listen in on our private phone calls, then we should have the rights to our own censorship! Viva la vie musician! (Right?) Ha! People need to be free of government, methinks!!! It's like with the Dan Brown movie that is out right now; why does the government need to get involved on whether Bush sees the movie or not. It's his own choice, right? If they were to prevent him for "publicity" purposes, then they would be breaking one of their own laws: the First Amendment! heee! It's fun to point out government mistakes...

I suggest we keep ourselves out of political issues.

I referred to censorship in a sarcastic way and it would be better to keep it so. If the censor application is homophobic or not is just a curiosity, but really affects us very little, if anything.

I see what you are saying... Well, I had a good idea, but, yes, it would be better to walk the straight line when it comes to government, especially on a forum where there are many people. I apologize if anything I had posted was crossing a line. I think I deserved that...

Don't get me started on political issues.

Back to these brevs...
I think that I understand the spelling errors that proliferate the internet somewhat. It is an attempt in the younger generation to interject their personalities into the spelling, grammar aspects of their communications. The problem that the younger generation is going to have with these habits and eccentricities is that if they decide to go on to any form of higher education, thy are going to meet with a fair amount of resistance from their educators. Especially in the fields of communication since the generally accepted forms of communication are fairly standardized with these respects. -at least until they actually matriculate, graduate and possibly assume the roll of the educators -lol!
Which brings me to one peeve of mine. This is when a person types something of a hit on the other and ends it with a "lol." (laugh out loud)
Something like "Well Micron, you are soo wrong lol! -as an example.

I find it a contradictory thought process. It reminds me of a comedian from the US southern area who was talking about the way that they speak in his community. Apparently they use this phrase to soften a hit that goes, "Bless their little heart." So an example might be something like; Bush went to see "The DaVinci Code" but he is SO dumb that all he got from the movie was the popcorn, ...bless his little heart.

~Bilbo
N.E. Ohio

You are right.
But young people, worldwide, love their own lingo and they cultivate it and keep it changing so fast so that adults cannot follow.
I does not seem to be much of a problem when they have to speak "normally", say at the Uni or at work. I consider them to be multilingual and that is not bad, I believe it develops a part of the brain that otherwise would remain inactive (sounds funny but I'm serious)
Now as for spelling, the lingo could be harmful, specially in languages like English or French, which have complicated pronunciation rules and difficult spelling. Probably the high incidence of misspellings I notice in some Forums (albeit not in this one) could have this origin, at least in part.
For example, I used to post heavily in the Forum at www.cientificosaficionados.com; I'm not longer active there but I remember that it was quite rare to see someone spelling correctly (the Spanish)!
I was very lucky in learning correct spelling in my mother tongue, to the point I do not make any errors (but many typos, yeah). But the newer generations are in general incredibly far from that.

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Many of us (me included, since I learnt its meaning) abuse a little of this "lol" thing. I also think the general idea, as you said, is to take some weight out of a potentially dangerous assessment. But it's obviously a wrong use.

I would also like to ask, how do you consider these short expressions I tend to use in written, such as "I'm" "that's" and so on?

I was taught they should not be used in written, but they are so handy and also forums and chats are not conventional "writing" media. Or are they?
Why (practically) nobody else use them?

Quote: "... how do you consider these short expressions I tend to use in written, such as "I'm" "that's" and so on?"


I believe that these are accepted contractions of "I am" and "that is". We seem to have plenty of them in the English language.... but I'm no expert that's my wife's field of study. What she goes off on is when she teaches a university level communications class and the students can't seem to make coherent sentences in their composition exercises with the correct spelling of the words. Some of the ones I've seen frmo these classes are atrocious, definately humerous and basically just don't make sense. It may be possible that some of these students get their writing experience on AOL, myspace, online gaming and chat rooms. Even if a person is trained correctly, spending too much time writing badly can get to be a habit and then the correct grammar and spelling useage is lost. It's kind of like the kindergarten teacher who eventually begins to talk all the time as if they are talking to their pupils.

~Bilbo
N.E. Ohio