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Facebook Language - Question
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carinita
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Facebook Language - Question
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You text an instant message
You chat on MSN
You write posts on Blogger
And what do you do on Facebook?
Thanks in advance... |
22 Jul 2011
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Mar0919
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I think "comment" goes well, when you add something to someone else �s post. But you can also "post" there also. And....... you can also "chat" on Facebook, so, I guess all the terms are also applicable to all  |
22 Jul 2011
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carinita
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aha "write comments" on Facebook and you can also "stalk people" there  |
22 Jul 2011
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Minka
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And I think you can friend and unfriend people.
You ignore invitiations or accept them. You can also report people or photos. And you like comments or photos (click "like") or unlike them (to cancel "like" if you change your mind). You can poke people. You can share links "via" another user (click on "share" under someone�s link). And of course you can spam. Not desirable.
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22 Jul 2011
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ueslteacher
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Isn �t the verb you mean befriend vs. defriend? Native speakers, please leave a comment 
Sophia |
22 Jul 2011
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Minka
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Nope. See the links. And here�s another one:
It �s about Facebook. I didn�t make them up.
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22 Jul 2011
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ueslteacher
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I heard defriend many times. It �s not in the dictionary, but I believe is widely used in the spoken language. So my appeal was to the native speakers for clarification. Sophia |
22 Jul 2011
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yanogator
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Yes, Sophia, in regular English, to befriend is to become a friend. In the world of facebook, to friend is to add a person to your list of fb contacts, and to defriend is to remove a person from that list. Bruce |
22 Jul 2011
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Minka
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BRUCE, you are a native speaker, but I rely on CBS news and on the New Oxford American Dictionary more, sorry.
See for yourself:
Besides, I�ve heard it several times from native speakers, i.e., read it on blogs. It IS used, but not found in many dictionaries, obviously. But neither is "defriend".
Sophia, I�ve NEVER heard of "defriend" related to FB.
I check an re-check (is that a word?) before I write something.
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22 Jul 2011
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almaz
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Minka,
�Unfriend � is definitely acceptable Facebookese and - no surprise - has certainly made its mark among lexicographers but if, as you say, you check and re-check, it surely must have been an oversight when you missed this or in fact, a whole wheen of references to FB and �defriend �. |
22 Jul 2011
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