From: "lee gilliland" <leeandalexis at hotmail.com>
To: WSFAlist at keithlynch.net
Subject: [WSFA] Netiquette
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 17:30:11 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

I have volunteered to do a short netiquette and acronym list for the WSFA
chat.  Any suggestions would be MOST appreciate.  The list so far;

ANYTHING IN ALL CAPS is the equivalent of shouting.  Used for emphasis.

Book titles are set off with dashes, i.e.: _Stranger in a Strange Land-

Short stories are set off in quotes with the title in caps, i.e.: "The Man
Who Sold the Moon"

Direct quotations are in quotes - "Ask not what your country..."

Indirect quotes are in single quote marks, i.e.: "Then he quoted Kennedy
saying 'Ask not what...'"

Incomplete sentences and quotes end in ellipses, i.e.:  Well, he said he
didn't care, so...

Emoticons

:) - smiley, means this was meant nicely

:( - not happy with the situation

;) - wink, feeling saucy

:p - sticking my tongue out at you

<:0 - suprise

>:( - frown

{:) - feeling really chipper

}:( - feeling real pissed

[:\ - Frankenstein imitation

*gryn* - grin

*sigh* - sigh

*word* - whisper

Acronyms

LMHO - laughing my head off

LMAO - laughing my ass off

ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing

OMG - oh, my God

SYL - see you later

GTG - got to go

BB - by-by

WOS - waste of space

SHBKAB - pronounced shib-cab - should have been killed at birth

NOCD - not our kind dearie

CYL - see you later (some people can't spel)

WYW - what you want

I know I missed a bunch, this is a work in progress, so please let me know
all your suggestions so I can post them.  If you don't want to fill up the
list with suggestions, I'm at leeandalexis at hotmail.com

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