Internet Dialect

[sorcyress]

How do you exist in the internet?

See, I was just posting a comment over in helionaut's journal, and I quoted something he said, as I often do. When I quote people in comments, I always put their words in italics. See here.

However, when I quote people in chats, I use quotes. What do you use?

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When I chat and when I'm in livejournal, I use asterixes to bracket my actions. If I want to hug someone, I just say *hugs*. My mom was brought up with the concept of ::hugs::, which at least one other person I know -drummer dude- uses, and OtherKat tends to do a lot of /me hugs.

What do you use?

[Poll #1080191]

On a similar note, the phrase "Internet Dialect" is pretty much awesome. What other things can you guys think of that fall under the catagory of internet dialects? Is lolkitty a dialect, or a whole language to itself?

~Sor
MOOP!

*On an unrelated note, how do you space out your posts? When I swap from one topic to another, I use astricies --three if I'm making a lot of quick notes on life, thirteen if I'm doing something trickier.

Comments

[artemisfowl2nd.livejournal.com]

Depending on the quote in question I either italicize or throw quotes around it. Mostly depending on length.

The '/me hugs' vs. '*hugs*' thing depends on where I am. For instance, dA usually gets the asterisks, Trillian gets the IRCspeak.

And I doublereturn to space my posts out, usually to signal the end of a thought pattern. I do it in stories, too, and usually have to edit most of them out.