Is there any rule for on line chat?

dear professor, its mostly kid stuff imitated by the older people. am sure mature aged people prefer reading the simple words. cheers, ann

No prof saheb, i don`t chat because of the lack of time besides the time difference is too much.I am on my pc just for 2 hours in the morn between 11 am to 1 pm.LOL means Lots Of Love and hahaha, not what you have written.I am acquainted with American slang since childhood so i don`t find it confusing at all.Good day to you and waiting for your call this evening.

yep yup ya all those really do man yes. you willlearn to take the short cuts and yes lol means laugh out loud but I only use it when some thing i funny

hi bhuwanji, how are you,regarding chat once some two years back i have spend daily two hours in chat to find friends,but i have not get any genuine friend,but when after joining in mylot i got so many good friends like you,which friendship sites you are using let me know the details or send the link to me,have a nice day

well, yep and yup aree american english words that means affirmative, like yes. as for hmm, it's the sound that a person makes when he/she is thinking. kinda like the sounds "uhm" and "er" and "ah" we make when we talk. LOL is an expression you type when you want to laugh loudly, but i prefer using haha,hehe and hihi rather than lol. Most terms used in chat right now are abbreviations. This is because it requires less time and energy to type. Some abbreviations you might encounter are: idk - I don't know nvm - never mind c u - see you c u l8r - see you later afaik - as far as I know rofl - rolling on the floor lauging lmao - laughing my as* off roflmao - rolling on the floor laughing my as* off brb - be right back gtg or g2g - got to go or bye bb - bye bye or bye afk - away from keyboard (means they're not in front of the computer) pm - private message, private chat wtf what the f*ck ftw - for the win fb - facebook there is also what we call netiquette, which is a code of conduct that we should follow when using the Internet especially when posting in forums or while instant messaging (chat). Here are some common points: 1. Do not use all caps. It makes you appear angry 2. Do not use a lot of exclamation points for one sentence, example: "not like this!!!!". It makes you appear like your shouting or angry 3. If you can avoid it, don't use red, because again, it makes it appear like you're angry 4. always be courteous to the person you're talking too 5. avoid racist and sexist remarks 6. If you've got nothing good to say, don't say it at all. Hope this helps :)

Hi... I am mostly used in yahoo messenger. I got most of different friends. Thanks Laratri

i do chat through yahoo messenger only. i chat regarding my business of stock market and network marketing and very rarely for making friends, i also do not use such short cuts. but i know people like to use these things and they enjoy also. kindly also let me know meaning of such short cuts if you get these from some one.

Hello my dear Professor. I use yahoo and qq for chatting. Like you, I also have no idea about many of the abbreviations though I know some like lol. laughing out loud and yep or yup meaning agreement. It is interesting to know these abbreviations. Happy learning, Professor.

I always chat with family members, relatives and friends only which are only in friends list so there are no specific rules while chatting, and I would say these types of wordings we use are simply modern one which are used by most people who are friendly with it. I also used some of them myself and sometimes it is quicker to respond to the other however I want to say that in my messages in cell phone I always used full wording thus never the short cut one.

Well, I think there is no rule, the only thing I can say is talk what you wish to talk on chatting. I am using Yahoo, Skype, Gmail, etc. The most comfortable zone I felt is Skype and Gmail. Hmm means you agree, it actually depends on what you and your friend(s) have been talking about to make them get that reaction. If it something serious then many have this thing to put "hmm" in their reply on to think or say to you. If it something simple then it's some sort of play or telling you that I'm thinking to make you smile at least. But, as I said, it all depends on what you guys are talking about in your chat and how you react. yup means Yes, and you can use it as per your wish. There is no restrictions on adding or making it more easy way. Generally youngsters use these common words which is very very normal with writing and spelling out as well. LOL, an abbreviation for laughing out loud, laugh out loud, or sometimes lots of laughs, is a common element of Internet slang. Thanks and have a nice day!!

hello Prof, The terms of "lol" yep..hmnnn,are just shortcuts of what one person feels. Lol...actually doesn't mean laughing out loud all the time. Sometimes,it just signifies that,the person on the other line is simply smiling with our statement/story or sign of appreciating our chats.(unless,we are talking with our friend,or else,"lol" means the other person is trying to annoy us) Yep,yah, i also use that for agreeing ,and hmnnnn,i use to say that,"maybe" or like "aha" it means to me "i agree,i disagree,or i am thinking what more to say ". Well,sometimes,those words are just an expression my dear friend. Have a good weekend ahead

I haven't used an instant messenger to chat for quite some time now because the one that I used to love doesn't exist anymore and I've not been able to find another that I like as much as the one that I used to have. However, as a part of my digital scrapbooking, I go to a lot of chatrooms online with subjects related to digital scrapbooking. Those I do see that people use the abbreviations that you are referring to, but I don't see that people are using them after everything that they say. So a few of the common ones that I see are: LOL - laughing out loud ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing BBL - be back later HAGN - have a good night