| Why we need the Internet? | |||
| Culture | |||
| Netiquette: | |||
| Netiquette is the protocol of the Internet. Netiquette can be summed up by "be courteous and tolerant", but there are many finer points that may escape newbies, resulting in wrath from the rest of the on-line community. For instance, it's very bad manners to type ALL IN CAPITALS (it is considered commotion). | |||
| A more important rule is that you should make an effort to find out the answer to a question yourself (by reading the FAQ on the subject for instance) before posting your question to a conversation forum. | |||
| Smiles: | |||
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| It is also an important part of Internet. It is very useful to express your words in expression. Like this: :-). Turn your head to the right and you'll see a smiley face. They are also called emoticons. You can use a smiley to indicate that you're happy about something eg. "Today is Friday :-)", or to indicate that something you said should be taken as a joke eg. Smiles can also be sad :-(, evil >:-) and sly ;-). | |||
| Another commonly used way to indicate emotions is the<g>
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| Some other examples are shown bellow: - | |||
| Smiles = :-) or :->
Big smile or hahaha! = :-D Tongue in cheek = :-J Unhappy or sad = :-( Really unhappy = :-c Very sad = (:-( Forlorn = :-< Smirk = :-l Disgusted = :-| Not funny = :/) Shouting = :-O "Oh, nooooo!" = :-o Censored = :-# Kiss = :-x |
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| Abbreviations: | |||
| In email and on-line discussion forums, people often use abbreviations to save time typing out commonly used phrases. There are a few examples here to get you started: | |||
By the way = BTW
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