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b be bff beft friends, forever bc because b4 before b4n ’bye for now bbl be...

b be

bff beft friends, forever

bc because

b4 before

b4n ’bye for now

bbl be back later

bcnu be seeing you

brb be right back

btw by the way

cu see you

def definitely

g2g got to go

gal get a life

gmta great minds think alike

gr8 great

hagn have a good night

h&k hugs and kisses

idc I don’t care

idt I don’t think

idk I don’t know

imbl it must be love

irl in real life

jk just kidding

jw just wondering

j4f just for fun

kc keep cool

l8r later

lmao laugh my ass off

ltnc long time no see

myob mind your own business

np no problem

nvm never mind

omg oh my gosh

pcm please call me

plz please

prbly probably

qpsa ¿Que pasa?

rt right

sup what’s up

thanx thanks

u you

uok you okay?

ur you are

w/ with

w/e whatever

w/o without

wan2 want to

wtf what the f*ck

y why

2l8 too late

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4 for, four

1)What does the creation of symbols (as those listed in the reading) suggest about culture?

2)Do you think that using such symbols is a good way to communicate?

3)Does it lead to confusion or misunderstanding?

4)Why or why not? Please provide an example.

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1. The creation of symbols suggest a multitude of things about a culture, one of the things being the need to type faster and lesser to conserve more time, or the sheer will to not type a lot. Symbolic creation of making aphoristic words is for the reason of Farrer communication.

2. Symbols can be a good way to communicate, but only on portals of the virtual world. Although, there have been cases of people using it in normal writing as well, which raises questions about the form of communications altogether.

3. Manya times, such acronyms and symbols can lead to great confusion as not everyone is well acquainted to these symbols and not everyone is affluent in them. This can lead to misinterpretation or worse get, no interpretation.

4. These short symbols are used and created by smal group of members and using them in general does not always work. For instance, the MLBB acronym isn't comprehended by most people, apart from the selected pool of people who are into make up, the acronym stands for My Lip But Better.

Hayet Jeridi answered 5 months ago

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