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Description
Flashcards by Fionnghuala Malone, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Fionnghuala Malone
about 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Acronymy | The process off abbreviating that uses the first letter of a group of words. Pronounced as a single word. - Lol |
| Ampersand | An abbreviation of and & |
| Emoticons | Use of graphology- symbols to indicate mood or emotions which would otherwise entail long complex decisions - :) :P |
| Homophonic Representation | Use of single letters and numbers to represent words based on a similarity in sound - M8 (Mate) |
| Initialism | An abbreviation that used the first letter of a group of words and is pronounced as individual letters (cba - Can't be asked) |
| Phonetic spelling | A spelling that represents the sound of a word as opposed to it's conventional spelling - cos (because) |
| Variant spelling | Deliberatley non-standard spelling for effect - wot (what) |
| Vowel omission | Leaving out vowel sounds in textspeak and other electronic communication. - pls (please) |
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