<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Tue 11 Dec 2007</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</a>></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <a href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</a>]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:Wants help with research on Arabic 'texting'</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 11 Dec 2007</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:<a href="mailto:dreynold@religion.ucsb.edu">dreynold@religion.ucsb.edu</a></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Wants help with research on Arabic 'texting'</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">Dear Arabic-L members,<br><br>I have a very bright undergraduate student who studied in Cairo last year and is writing an exciting Honor's paper under my direction on digitized 3rabic as used in "txting" on cellphones, in online chatrooms, and in postings to websites such as Facebook.<br><br>She has already gathered a small corpus via her own personal network in Egypt, but would now like to expand her research to include digitized 3rabic in other Arab countries.<br><br>If you have access to native speakers of Arabic at your institution -- TA's, Arab students, bilingual Arab-Americans, and so forth -- could you please pass the attached brief survey form on to them? I suspect they will actually enjoy responding if they are young people and "txt" in Arabic regularly.<br><br>There are some very interesting aspects of code-switching and other issues that are surfacing in my student's work, so I hope you will consider giving her a hand in connecting to a broader survey population. Egyptian responses are welcome too, it's just that there is a particular interest at this point in contacting speakers from other countries as well.<br><br>Best,<br>Dwight Reynolds<br><br>*******************************************************************************<br>Dwight F. Reynolds, Professor Arabic Language & Lit<br>Department of Religious Studies Phone: (805) 893-7143<br>University of California Dept: (805) 893-7136<br>Santa Barbara, CA 93106 FAX: (805) 893-2059<br>*******************************************************************************<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; ">[here is the text of the attachment:]</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">My name is Allegra O’Donoghue and I an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, majoring in Middle Eastern Studies. I am interested in learning about how young bilingual Arabs communicate digitally, particularly in the mixture of English with Arabic and transliterating into Roman or English letters. I hope to ascertain the development and usage of this form of language, codify spelling and determine whether or not its users have established grammar rules. I would greatly appreciate your help with this project! If you know of anyone who might like to participate, please forward it on. Feel free to elaborate on any question. You may type directly on this document, re-save it and send it back, or simply number your answers on a separate document, or directly in the body of an email. I’d appreciate your response as soon as possible, and you may contact me directly at HYPERLINK "<a href="mailto:allegretta@umail.ucsb.edu">mailto:allegretta@umail.ucsb.edu</a>" <span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #0000ff"><a href="mailto:allegretta@umail.ucsb.edu">allegretta@umail.ucsb.edu</a></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Shukran!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Name:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Age:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Sex:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">How long have you studied English and how old were you when you began?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">What was the language of instruction in your</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">primary school-</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">secondary school-</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">university-</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">In what country/ies do you hold citizenship and in what country/ies were you raised?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Which dialects of Arabic are you familiar with? And which do you use when online and in texts (SMS’s)?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Do you ever use Arabic script when typing or texting (sending SMS’s)? If so, when?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Please look over the alphabet below. Do you have any additions, subtractions or comments?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ء</span>-2</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ا</span>-a</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ب</span>-b</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ت</span>-t</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ث</span>-th, s</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ج</span>-g, j</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ح</span>-7, h</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">خ</span>-7', kh, 5</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">د</span>-d</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ذ</span>-z, th</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ر</span>-r</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ز</span>-z</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">س</span>-s</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ش</span>-sh</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ص</span>-s</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ض</span>-d, </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ط</span>-t, 6</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ظ</span>- th, z</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ع</span>-a, ‘a, 3, a’</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">غ</span>-gh, 3’</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ف</span>- f</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ق</span>- q, 2, k</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ك</span>-k</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ل</span>-l</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">م</span>-m</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ن</span>-n</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ه</span>-h</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">و</span>- as a consonant-w, as a vowel- oo, ou, u</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; "><span style="font: 18.0px Geeza Pro">ي</span>- as a consonant-ya, as a vowel ee, y, i</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Short vowels: </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">kasra- i</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">dhamma- u, o </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">fat7a- a,e</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Comments:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">When typing with the Roman alphabet, are you consistent in your spelling of words? </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Please type the following sentence as you normally would using the Roman alphabet:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">والله<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>يا<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>جماعة<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>أنا<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>مبسوطة<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>إن<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>فيه<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>جروب<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>كده<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>بجد<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>برافو<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>عليكويا<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>شباب<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>وانا<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>نفسي<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>موت<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>مصر<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>ترجع<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>زي<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>زمان<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>بس<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>إيه<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>لا<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>حياة<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>لمن<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>تنادي<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>وعاوزنا<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>نرجع<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>زي<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>زمان<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>قول<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>للزمان<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>إرجع<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>يا<span style="font: 14.0px Times New Arabic"> </span>زمان</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">When typing messages on a computer or cell phone, do you notice any particular words or phrases that you normally always write in English? For example:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 18px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Bookman Old Style'; ">“howwa ento bete3melo design it-shirts w keda? Walla just printing?”</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Bookman Old Style'; ">“ya gama3a al t-shirt 7elwa moot wel printing gamed awyy….”</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">In both examples, the writers wrote “t-shirts” and “printing” in English. </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Are there any phrases or expressions that you only use when typing or texting and never use while speaking?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">How often do you use the internet/text messaging?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">multiple times a day </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">once a day </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">a few times a week </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">once a week</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; ">Are there any websites/profiles other than facebook on which you leave messages or chat with your friends frequently?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Times New Arabic'; min-height: 16px; "><br></div>
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