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Subject: would like to make freinds. *name*. another goth to goth.

Message:

hello

my name is *******, i was looking on www.netgoth.org and i read ur profile and it was really cool and interesting!, i am male 25, single. i live in ******* in west midlands, at present i am trying to make it as a actor on TV my agent has my cv and photo on his web page which u can accsess on the net. what do u do for work or u still studing ? i have been on a few programes like Doctors for bbc. i have also done some modeling which was ok, im also writer/painter and studing at ******* uni doing a degree in maths (part time) its combined with the open university.

i love playing chess i would love to go to more gigs if i could afford it! i dont drink alcohol nor smoke or drugs but i still have a great time on (water)?!lol. smoking is too much when u got asthma. i recently got my own flat in ******, i used to live with my parrents. im in the ******* library writing this as i dont have internet access at home, so i could email u if u would like to correspond please tell me abit about what you and ur doing would love to know. my spelling i know is bad! soz i blame spell check it reinforce my mistakes! well hope to hear from u soon. and we be friends!! what u think!lol.

yours

Where to start?

  1. My profile is not cool and interesting, it is very sparse and general. Blatantly what he meant was "you are in the A section so I didn't have to look very far, and I liked your photo".
  2. I am sure I could "access his cv and photo" on the net, except even if I was interested, he hasn't given me the address.
  3. I can cope with text speak like u and ur if it is either used in real-time conversation where typing has to be quick, or in text messages where length of message may be limited. There is no excuse for it in e-mails. Maybe I should put this somewhere in my profile?
  4. Spell check reinforces your mistakes how? by putting them right for you and telling you each one as it does so? Pity you didn't run this e-mail through it.
  5. "What you think" should have a ? not a !.
  6. Random use of lol, not only in own e-mail, but where things are not even slightly funny.