WEBLISH(INTERNET SLANG)

Korea University English Litera-ture

Tae Hyuk KweonJong Hoon Kim

WHAT IS WEBLISH?

Internet slang (Internet short-hand, net-speak or chatspeak) is a type of slang that Internet users have popularized, and in many cases, have coined.

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THE ORIGIN OF WEBLISH

Some of the terms and abbreviations used in internet slang appear to derive from fanspeak, the slang of science fiction fandom.

The Jargon File(Hacker Slang) Afterwards, many abbreviations have taken

place or been coined to transmit long ex-pressions for short places that is assigned for one

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VOCBULARY

Single letter 4 a word

Single digit 4 a word

Single letter or digit 4 a sylla-ble

Combinations

see or sea cyou uwe vare r

ate 8for 4to, too 2won 1

Great gr8late l8foreign 4nskater sk8r

Someone sum1for you 4uWonderful 1drflany one ne1

OTHER EXAMPLES (IN S.M.S LAN-GUAGE)

In my opinion imo

As soon as possible asap

Laughing out loud lol

I love you ily -or- i<3u -or- 143

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VIDEO CLIP (YOUTUBE)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sx4V1OPxhU

EMOTICON

Happy :-) XD :-> :”> <3 …

Sad :-( :( :-< :< </3 …

Others :-3 :3 `D` >.< …

Eastern Style (^_^) (0_0) (-_-;;) (^.~) …

LEET SPEAK

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LEET SPEAK IN KOREAN

^l * → 시 * (F***)

ㅂ r 보 → 바보 (Stupid)

Oi 쁜 oroi → 이쁜 아이 (Cute child)

El 없 oi 맑은 oroi → 티없이 맑은아이 (Pure child)

사ㄹ 5 해 → 사랑해 (I love you)

KITTY PIDGIN(LOLCAT)

SIMILAR USAGE IN KOREA

PRO-WEBLISH David Crystal …"They extend the

range of the lan-guage, the expres-siveness... the rich-ness of the lan-guage,”…

…"Resources for the expression of in-formality in writing have hugely in-creased -- some-thing not seen in English since the Middle Ages,” ….

David Crystal and “The Gr8 Dd8”

EXAMPLES FOUND IN DICTIONARY

FYI abbrev for your information: used in emails and TEXT MESSAGES as a way of introducing a useful piece of information.

LOL abbrev 1. laughing out loud: used in emails and TEXT MESSAGES for showing that you think something is funny.

2. lots of love: used at the end of emails and TEXT MESSAGES

CON-WEBLISH

John Humphys …“Wrecking our language…”

“…emotions and textese as "irritating" and essentially lazy behaviors, … will result in students' growing ignorance of proper grammar and punctuation…”

INAPPROPRIATE USE OF WEBLISH

Hi Mom, B4 tht I rly wnt 2 tlk 2U abt txtng. K? =)

Hi Mom, before that I really want to talk to you about tex-ting. OK?

INAPPROPRIATE USE OF INTERNET SLANG (IN KOREA)

GENERAL CHANGE IN WEBLISH

Economic abbreviation

Orthographical change Reducing variation and complexity in spelling

Ex) ROTFL (Rolling on the Floor Laughing) ROFL rawfl

Pictograhication

CONCLUSION

Weblish as a variation of English.

Weblish has popularity

Weblish has authority

Weblish has novelty

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REFERENCE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Txtng:_The_Gr8_Db8 Ulaby, Neda (18 February 2006).

"OMG: IM Slang Is Invading Everyday English". Digital Life. NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5221618. Retrieved 25 March 2011.

Kristen Philipkoski (February 22, 2005). "The Web Not the Death of Language". Wired News. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66671,00.html.

Macmillan English Dictionary for advanced learners: second editoin. 2007.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sx4V1OPxhU