2L8—toolate;
AAMOF—asamatteroffact;
AFAIK—asfarasIknow;
B4N—byefornow;
eifI’mwrong;
CUL—seeyoulater;
Fhatit’sworth;
FYI—foryourinformation;
IKhatyoumean;
IMHO—inmyhumbleopinion;
KhatImean?
Ronthefl;
TIA—thanksinadvance;
TYL—talktoyoulater。
&iple:;-)awinkingsmileyface)aregoodwheext。Whenunipersonyouusevisualdtoneofvoicetoreceiveaclearermessage。Sivisualorauditorycueswithemail,emotibeusedtoclarifywhatyoumean。Asageneralrule,youprobablyshouldhemwhentalkingtosomeohorityunlessyou’resure。Herearesomeexamples:
:)happy;
:(sad;
:overysurprised;
;)wink;
;*kiss;
&hglassessmiling;
:&toied。
◇Don’tBeOver-familiarwiththeRet。Manypeopleareofferangersbeingover-familiar。Forexample,youmayreactbadlytopeopleyoudon’tknyournilyfriendsandfamilycallyouthat。Asarule,usethetitleorformofaddressthatyouwoulduseinverbaluni。
◇NotSuitableForarning。Someworkplacesaretolerantofnoedemail,thoughnottoomanythesedays。Especiallyiftheemailys“adult”material,besuretoiheNSFWwarnilihiskindofemailmightgetsomeoroublewiththeirboss。
&ivities。Whenusingemails,avoidtheillegalactivitiessuchasdisation(racial,sexual,religious,ageistetc。),libel(defamatorystatements),illegalinformation(howtokillorinjurepeople,ioviolence,racialhatredeteadultmaterial(childorvioleica)。Thisadviotapplytothevastmajorityofemailusers,whoweintheaforemeices。Butforthosesoioheselikelytooffe,peoplefoundengagiivitiesinvolvingemailarelikelytsansbroughtagaiheinstitutionandbythecivilauthorities。