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Acronyms for newbies

... what those posters are trying to say in NetEnglish!


BTW By the way
IMHO In my humble opinion
LOL Laughing out loud ... Okay I think you (or what you are saying) are funny!
NT No text - when you don't add anything to the thread ... but just make your comments in the subject line of the posting. No need to click and see what your response/comments are ...

Fun Indonesian Acronyms ... or fun with Indonesian through Acronyms

Know it all Acronyms

Since a lot of the postings on this site are people who “don't know” asking for the advice of “people who know” ... I thought these acronyms would be fun ...

KK Know you know
DKK Don't know you know
KDK Know you don't know
DKDK Don't know you don't know
I hope the KDKs can help each other - they might not always get it right but sometimes there don't seem to be any KKs around (wake up, DKK!) ... and I'm looking forward to seeing a DKDK used in earnest! (gd)
He who knows and knows that he knows is wise, follow him
He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep, wake him
He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child, teach him
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool, shun him (thanks to gd)

Emoticons & Smileys

...those cute combinations of punctuation symbols that tell us your true feelings when you post on the net:

:) or :-) Smiley Face ;) Wink ^%@$#^@ Instead of cursing
:( or :-( Sad Face/Frown

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Netlingo

The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary

 
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