Maria Tan

Indonesian Internet Slang Words and Acronyms Maria Tan

This book is perfect to learn and teach uses of Indonesian in informal setting, particularly the use of acronyms and abbreviations when texting and communicating via mobile phone and social media. Have you been learning Indonesian for quite awhile? And yet, when you check out your Indonesian friend's Instagram page, you still can't understand fully what he/she said, or what his/her friend said in the caption or comment section. You even find there are many words being thrown around that have no vowels! How strange!Well, abbreviations like "bsk" (means: tomorrow), "kmrn" (means: yesterday) get thrown around very casually in comments, captions and even text conversations between people. This book will help you to stay updated with the latest online lingo that many Indonesians use.