Meg, Stellar and Bella Text Transcript
Bella: Asah
Stellar: Asah
Bella: Wuu2 initialisation + numeronyms
Stellar: Is Meg on?
Meg: Hello there
Stellar: Nothing much, hbu? abbreviation
Bella: Thinking about what I’m gonna do this wkend abbreviation
Meg: I’m just sitting here
Stellar: “You just sit there” < —- This is a song reference
Meg: “You just sit theeeeeere!” < —- This is a song reference
Stellar: Dun dun dun dun Dunn < —- Also a song reference
Bella: Hey, would you guys want to meet up this weekend?
Stellar: Sureee Adds meaning/emphasis/personality to a word by adding vowels and lengthening
Bella: What day are you free?
Meg: I’m free on Sunday
Bella: Hbu Stellar? initialisation
Stellar: Yeah, anytime… (thinking/curious emoji) Emojis apply emphasis to what a person is saying and allows them to communicate how they are feeling without having to face face to face contact
Bella: Nice (praising/praying emoji x3)
Bella: What should we do?
Meg: Movies? (praising/praying emoji) A one worded question is short but can still convey the proper intentions of the sender
Bella: Sure, what’s on? (Cinema camera emoji)
Stellar: () – Oh Yussss meg!! Stranger things season 2 poster!! Yeeeeee
Bella: (bitmoji eating popcorn) Bitmoji are an ‘evolved’ version of the usual emoticon, they are personalizable, and therefore make online conversations more sociable, personal, interesting and intimate.
Meg: yassss Another example of lengthening a word to show interest in the conversation
Meg: tut tut
*photo of stranger things season 2 poster*
Stellar: But, what happened to Millie’s hair tho?? (Sad emoji) Abbreviation, shows that the sender is engaged in the conversation and communicates emotion more efficiently
Meg: Le gasp
Bella: Yeah, it looks a bit ‘strange’ A pun/joke concerning the previous conversation, adds humour and engages the conversation
Stellar: (angry emoji)
Stellar: Nuh
Bella: Sorry not sorry
Meg: Neeeeerrrrrr
Bella: (Fire dabbing bitmoji) ya cant dab in words it be 2 lit, so ma g bitmoji hooked me up wif this flaming moji, now I be swagin in da group chat fam, lit AF
Stellar: (Picture of Jemaine Clement)<— inside joke
Stellar: You’re excused < —– Inside joke
Meg: You’re excused < —– Inside joke
Meg: nuuuuuuuuu
Meg: (crying emoji)
Bella: (Thumbs up emoji)