Sometimes people believe that talking through CMC affects the way we communicate with other when we are face-to-face. This is especially convincing when we hear people out in public saying things like OMG, LOL, LMFAO, BRB etc. which are very commonly used CMC terms. When asking people why they use CMC terms, they often say that its short form and quicker, which I guess is understood since Sinaporeans do the same thing by talking really quickly and shortening words.
However , I do not think that CMC affects the way we talk face-to-face. Even though we tend to use some "lingo" from our CMC because we actively use that method of communication, I think that people who use both methods are completely aware of when to use the norms of each. When we are in face-to-face communication situations we do not even consider responding in ways that we do over CMC communication. (eg. one word answers with lots of smiley faces and exclamation marks)
Here is a rather funny clip about using computer lingo in person.
If we did decide to talk face-to-face using CMC lingo and norms we perhaps would sound like the following... (watch second half of the video)
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Nice videos! But sometimes, I do accidentally use Internet slang when talking in real life... for instance, words and phrases like 'pwnz' and 'can you delete that?' Although usually I'll get amused and correct myself afterwards. =)
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It's funny when the internet lingos are used in face-to-face communication. I don't think I'll understand a thing if not without the subtitles.
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