Speaking a different language

[hellziggy]

We all know that there is online language that's not used in real life, like leet-speak and such.

But I'm wondering if any of you have ways of talking online that don't translate to your spoken language in the real world?

For me, it is y'all. I pretty much never use y'all when talking to people. It's just not part of my spoken language. But it is actually fairly common for me to say y'all when I'm writing on LJ. I don't know the reason for this dichotomy, I just found it interesting.

Comments

[virtualpersonal.livejournal.com]

Now that's a good trick, say the full thing in your mind so you don't make a mistake in rl, I mean real life :P

I just know I'm going to slip up and say *hugs* sometime to the wrong person....