I can type about 70-80 words per minute with proper punctuation(as far as I notice errors)and spelling. With no punctuation besides periods but proper spelling I can get well over 100(I learned this on the very basic programs we used last year in keyboarding, a class I should never have been subjected to.)
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I just called it 'net speak' so youd know what I was talking about. I would probably never refere to it as AOLspeak, since where Im from (Australia) no one knows what AOL is.
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Dog Man wrote:
...I would probably never refere to it as AOLspeak, Lucky for you, AOL (or AOHell) has not invaded Australia yet, but it has conquered North America and most of Europe - I think parts of Asia too. Oh, and 'net-speak' is the more common term - this form of quick conversing has been around since the early days of The Well, Compuserve, University networks, and MajorBBS (I'm talking about the late-70's/early 80's here). AOL-speak is nothing more than a younger-generation spin on an existing concept, given momentum by the introduction of Instant Messaging programs (AIM, ICQ, etc.). Nothing really new there except the technology behind it. | |
digitalmouse wrote:
Lucky for you, AOL (or AOHell) has not invaded Australia yet Actually, you can get AOL in Australia. :-( We don't get mass-mailed AOL CDs, though - we get them in some computer magazines, but not heaps of them. Nevertheless... no more AOL CDs! Join the rebellion! (See that Aussie flag near the top of that page? Yep, a grand total of 130 AOL CDs from Australia!) | |
I have a friend who is coating his bedroom walls with reversed AOL CDs. He has one of the wide walls and half of a narrow wall done. Very shiny.
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In my chat we call it "AOLspeak", which seems much more appropriate. In Internet parlance an AOLer is basically your garden variety miseducated twerp (not necessarily an AOL user, mind), and thus AOLspeak nicely describes the way they talk.
Lummox JR