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RESOURCES
E-MAIL
SHORTHAND FOR INSTANT MESSAGE USERS
Instant-Message
acronyms (e-mail shorthand) were popularized by teenagers as they
chatted with friends over AOL's Instant Message (AIM) software.
Participants of Instant-Message sessions began to use and expand
their vocabulary of e-mail abbreviations to speed and simplify communication.
UROK Learning Institute has found that these Instant- Message acronyms
can be used to demonstrate to parents the frustration their children
feel when they cannot read certain words and thus cannot understand
what is presented in their schoolbooks. For example, try reading
the following:
| AAMOF,
many poor readers POAHF when they really feel like HHIS. |
Translation:
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| As
a matter of fact, many poor readers put on a happy face when
they really feel like hanging (their) head in shame. |
If you don't
understand the acronyms, you can't comprehend the sentence. In addition
to helping you understand your children's frustrations with reading,
familiarity with the acronyms can help you keep in touch with the
student culture. It's also just a fun way to communicate. Attached
is one of the most complete lists of Instant-Message
acronyms available anywhere.
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