Thursday, November 23, 2006
Guide to Greetings
Your everyday 'hellos' and 'his' decoded!
Hello everyone. Today we are going to talk about our greetings! Not in the real world though, but on MSN. With no expressions or whatnots, how are basic greetings interpreted? Well, we shall see.
HEY!
Now this is enthusiastic. It's both trying to get your attention without making it sound too unfriendly, irritating, or bored. in a sense its like and exclamation:
"HEY! Haven't talked to you for so long!"
rating:****
hey
Wants your attention, but does not want to look overeager. A lot of the time it's used to talk to love interests, whether guys or girls. This is a "safe" way of greeting, neither overeager-sounding nor unfriendly-sounding.
rating:****
heyyyyy
Silly really. just dragging on a bit, makes it sound kind of CutE CuTe WoHrX.
rating:***
hello
Nothing special. just mundane and boring, used to ask lousy stuff like when do you have to hand up your #@%$&@% assignment.
rating:**
oi
Usually used on people you know you have nothing to lose from if offended, or people you know will not get offended. Also, do not ever use this on your love interest, it gives the impression that you can't care less.
rating:**
OI
A capitalised form of the greeting above. Packs a lot more punch and impact. Usually used on someone who has already offended you, and when you want to offend him back. Also gets one's attention quick, use it when someone is taking forever to join the Bnet game that you've already created. For example:
"OI WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RETURN ME MY $#%@#&$ MONEY???"
rating:***
hi3Xx/h311ox/h3Yz!
Complicated, complicated, complicated. At least it looks like. This example is rather exxagerated, but it does happen. Sometimes i wonder why people have so much time to type this way. Usually a sentence is written in a format like:
"hiexx wut r u d0iNg nowzz?"
When they really have lots and lots of time it becomes:
"HeLl0x wHa+ ArE EuU dOinG N0w ArHxX?"
i took about 30 seconds to type that out, phew.
rating:*
Alright, that's the end of our Guide to Greetings! We'll be back with more(i hope), a Guide to Goodbyes! (:
Your everyday 'hellos' and 'his' decoded!
Hello everyone. Today we are going to talk about our greetings! Not in the real world though, but on MSN. With no expressions or whatnots, how are basic greetings interpreted? Well, we shall see.
HEY!
Now this is enthusiastic. It's both trying to get your attention without making it sound too unfriendly, irritating, or bored. in a sense its like and exclamation:
"HEY! Haven't talked to you for so long!"
rating:****
hey
Wants your attention, but does not want to look overeager. A lot of the time it's used to talk to love interests, whether guys or girls. This is a "safe" way of greeting, neither overeager-sounding nor unfriendly-sounding.
rating:****
heyyyyy
Silly really. just dragging on a bit, makes it sound kind of CutE CuTe WoHrX.
rating:***
hello
Nothing special. just mundane and boring, used to ask lousy stuff like when do you have to hand up your #@%$&@% assignment.
rating:**
oi
Usually used on people you know you have nothing to lose from if offended, or people you know will not get offended. Also, do not ever use this on your love interest, it gives the impression that you can't care less.
rating:**
OI
A capitalised form of the greeting above. Packs a lot more punch and impact. Usually used on someone who has already offended you, and when you want to offend him back. Also gets one's attention quick, use it when someone is taking forever to join the Bnet game that you've already created. For example:
"OI WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RETURN ME MY $#%@#&$ MONEY???"
rating:***
hi3Xx/h311ox/h3Yz!
Complicated, complicated, complicated. At least it looks like. This example is rather exxagerated, but it does happen. Sometimes i wonder why people have so much time to type this way. Usually a sentence is written in a format like:
"hiexx wut r u d0iNg nowzz?"
When they really have lots and lots of time it becomes:
"HeLl0x wHa+ ArE EuU dOinG N0w ArHxX?"
i took about 30 seconds to type that out, phew.
rating:*
Alright, that's the end of our Guide to Greetings! We'll be back with more(i hope), a Guide to Goodbyes! (: