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Examples
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Bring on the evolution of language, with all its netspeak and shortcuts, and turning nouns into verbs!
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I'm glad you mentioned netspeak/13375p54k there at the end.
The Languages of Tone and Rhythm Heather McDougal 2008
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The point of netspeak in these is to actually make fun of the people who use it.
Grammar Nazis Beware Jen 2009
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The people who make these don't usually approve of netspeak.
Grammar Nazis Beware Jen 2009
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I've seen coninuff of netspeak, chatspeak and LOL speak, thank you!
Grammar Nazis Beware Jen 2009
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Interesting exceptions to the "no netspeak" rule are expressions of amusement. haha (45% reply rate) and lol (41%) both turned out to be quite good for the sender.
Christine Huang: What Brands Can Learn From Online Dating 2009
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Perhaps in reaction to the deluge of cute cats, people in recent years have been combining the pictures with netspeak captions and other humorous text.
November 25th, 2007 ceciliatan 2007
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I mean netspeak, really, is like so totally grody to the max.
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Some were written in language so abbreviated with netspeak that I wondered what planet the person came from.
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As an internet slang user and English Language student, any text- or netspeak we've been given to study has been--perhaps understandably--hopelessly out of date.
On txtng DC 2008
uselessness commented on the word netspeak
See also: l33t sp34k.
October 17, 2007