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The following chat takes place at Grand West Casino − which participant Y is situated − and the following location take place at, participant X 's home − which will be within participants X 's bedroom. This chat took place at approximately between the hours of 20h41 to 22h40 on Friday the 29th of March 2013. This chat takes place between two best friends, a boy and a girl that have been friends for four years.

X: Ur a lil drinker! Lol {You are a little drinker}
Y: Aaaahw! How did you know I 'm drunk??!! {Sweet! How did you know I am drunk??!!}
X: Haha!!!! Omg!!!! I didn 't!!!! U r just a regular drinker!!! Omw!!! [Laughing Face] [Hugging Face] [Laughing Face] TEQUILLA!!! {[Laughing]! Oh my god! I did not!!! You are just a regular drinker! Oh my word! Tequila!}
Y: [Laughing Face] looooool! Nah bro going all classy 2night, long island ice tea 's...like on my 7th one {[Laughing Face] Laughing out loud! No brother going all classy tonight, long island ice tea 's. I am on my seventh one.}
X: No alcohol? [Confused Face] that 's weird [Laughing face]

Y: Dude long island ice tea is filled with vodka, tequila, rum and tripple sec.
X: Omw!!! Really!!! And ur not drunk yet?? {Oh my word! Really? and you are not drunk yet?}
Y: Yes I am [Excited Face]
Y: Been drunk the whole night {I have been drunk the entire night}
X: Omw! Is ur mom drunk 2? {Oh my word! Is your mother drunk too?}
Y: Yeah a lil [Laughing Face] {Yes, a little [Laughing Face]}
X: Hehe awe! My mom would never [Not Interested Face] {[Giggle] awesome! My mom would never [Not Interested Face]}

In social media, we all can admit that it takes a different direction when coming to language in its event that will change the way people using the social media to use and recognize the language, sentence structure and punctuation in a different way. This particular essay 's purpose will seize and analyze − also interpret it in my own way − the



Bibliography: Bock, Zannie & Metha, Gift. (eds) (2013) Language, Society & Communication: An Introduction. Van Schalk Publishers

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