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When I am on the net and talk with my foreign friends, they often use some abbreviations,such as ASL,pls.Who can tell me what does this mean?And please tell me more chat language commonly used.

For learning: Chinese (Mandarin)
Base language: English
Category: Language

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    ASL=Age/Sex/Location

    When someone says 'ASL?' they are asking for your age, whether you are male or female and where you are from.



    For more info, please see:

    Text Messaging and Online Chat Abbreviations
    http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp

    Abbreviations For Texting: IM, Chat, and SMS Slang
    http://www.buzzle.com/articles/abbreviations-for-texting-im-chat-and-sms-slang.html

    Internet slang
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang

    SMS language
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language

    Text Message Abbreviations
    http://online.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Text_Message_Abbreviations

    Common Cell Phone Text Abbreviations
    http://www.ehow.com/info_8242561_common-cell-phone-text-abbreviations.html

    The Top Texting Abbreviations
    http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/internetglossary/tp/The-Top-Text-Message-Acronyms-of-2011.htm

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