Internet buzzwords in English you may not know

时间：2022-6-14 20:55:23 作者：雅信博文翻译

There is no shortage of catchphrases on the Internet. The popular ones on the Chinese Internet are the running man's body "we are logging wood tired", the special effect "duang", and the "we" body that tortures a single dog to death, so what are popular on the English Internet? language?

1. Snail Mail

“Snail Mail’” is the traditional letter delivering service in which you have a postman and a post box.

The so-called "snail mail" is the traditional mailing letter, there is no postman and no mailbox.

It's different from email or electronic mail, when the message sent on the computer travels quickly to its destination.

E-mail is different, information is transferred very quickly on the computer.

  【example】

A. I'm sending my auntie Marge this lovely birthday card via snail mail. She lives in Japan.

I'm sending a birthday card to my aunt Maggie in snail mail. She lives in Japan.

2. Post

The verb 'to post' and the noun 'post' have also gained new meanings in the internet age.

The word "post" has been given a new meaning in the Internet age. As a verb, it is "post" and "post"; as a noun, it is "post".

If you write an opinion on a social media website - you 'post' a comment.

If you write an opinion on a social networking site, you are "posting" a comment.

Before, you had to go to the post office to… post your letters. Here are some more examples of this new meaning of 'post'.

Before, you had to go to the post office to deliver your letter. The following are examples of other meanings of this word.

  【example】

A. This website's all about how trendy it is to wear fur. I don't like it at all. I think I'll post a comment!

This site is all about how trendy it is to wear fur. I don't like it at all. I feel like I need to have an opinion!

3. Hard copy

“Hard copy” is what we call the paper version of a document you write on your computer or of a digital picture you take.

A hard copy is a paper document, while a soft copy is scanned.

  【example】

A. I'll give you a hard copy of my report, Mary. You can read it on the bus, on your way home.

Mary, I will give you a hard copy of my report. You can watch it when you get home in the car.

B. I have a digital copy of my wedding picture as a screensaver at work but I much prefer my hard copy in a frame. It's much nicer.

I use my digital wedding photos as a screensaver for my office computer, but I still prefer framed wedding photos, which look better.