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A. Read the dialogue below. Can you understand any of it?

K-girl > How was the film last night?
YOYO > :-(
K-girl > Y ?
YOYO > (-_-)zzZ
K-girl > LOL. R U coming 2 Jay’s L8R?
YOYO > No :-(
K-girl > PLS!
YOYO > OK :-)
K-girl > THX
YOYO > C U @ 9?
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K-girl > OK. Don’t B L8!!
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B. Listen and read. Does the text help you understand the dialogue above better?

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For example B means ‘be’ or Y means ‘why’. You can also shorten
words and use symbols and numbers. For example PLS means
‘please’ and L8R means ‘later’. Another thing you can do is shorten C. Read again and answer the questions.
phrases to letters, like BRB, which means ‘be right back’. Or when 1. What are three names for
something is funny, you can type LOL, ‘laugh out loud’. There are no chatspeak?
set rules to chatspeak. You can shorten any word. Just make sure the 2. Where can you use chatspeak?
receiver of the message understands it. 3. Why did people start using
You can also add smileys to your chatspeak, just to make it more chatspeak?
interesting. Smileys show people how you’re feeling, without using 4. Why can chatspeak be a problem
words. So, when you’re happy about something, you can type :−) but for readers?
when you’re sad, you can type :−(. You can even type (-_-)zzZZ to 5. What is important to remember
show you are bored or feeling sleepy. So, can you understand when writing chatspeak?
chatspeak now? 6. What do smileys show?
Chatspeak and smiley dictionary on page 101.
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