Sending an e-mail

When you are talking to someone on the telephone it is easy to know whether they are happy or sad by the tone of their voice. When you are sending a message whether by e-mail or letter, it is hard to show an emotion (other than x x at the end of your letter!).

Emoticons

One way of showing emotion on the Net is to use a code of little pictures called smileys or emoticons. People are also using this when sending text messages on their mobile phones. They are made up of keyboard characters. Tip your head to the left as you look at them.

To avoid too much typing, some people use abbreviations of familiar phrases. They usually use the first letter of each word.

TTFN !