She said: "Young people often distort the languages they use by making the pages difficult for those unfamiliar with the distortions and colloquialisms. "
她说,“青少年扭曲语言的用法,这样看他们网页的人就很难了解这些词汇或口语表达的真正含义。”
"The language used on Bebo seems to go beyond abbreviations that are commonly used in text messaging, such as removing all the vowels."
“Bebo网站上的这些新词已经跳脱英语(论坛)原有的缩写范畴。之前的缩写有规律可循,比如略去原音字母,它们常常出现在短信中。”
"This is not just bad spelling, but a deliberate attempt to creatively misspell words."
“而这些新词并不是拼写错误,而是刻意的,创造性的误拼。”
"By doing this they are able to communicate with their in-group and conceal the content from the out-group."
“使用这些新词,青少年可以和自己团体里面的人交流,非自己团体里面的人就看不懂。”
【部分网络秘语大搜集】
Ppl:People 人
cwl:Cool 好极了,棒极了
Lyk:Like 喜欢
Taken and Ownageeee:To be strongly attached to someone 已经有男、女朋友
Legal:Commonly used by girls to make it clear that they are of legal age to have sex 已经年满16岁(合法性行为的年龄)
Getting MWI:Getting mad with it (mwi) means getting very drunk, also known as "steaming" 喝醉酒
Ridneck:Pronounced redneck and is used to describe embarrassment--in that it will cause them to have a red neck.
感到困窘或难堪