6 Minute English / English for dating online

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I m Sam.

And I m Roy.

Nowadays many people use online dating apps to find love and romance. This involves writing a dating profile a short description of yourself which you hope makes you appear attractive to other people looking for love online.

Online dating started with the internet, but the idea is not new. In the days before the internet, people put dating adverts in newspapers. Because they paid a price per word, people described themselves in as few words as possible, using abbreviations like GSOH, which meant a Good Sense Of Humour. Eventually, GSOH became a part of everyday English.

Amazingly, the same thing is now happening in the world of online dating. In this programme we ll be learning some of the newly invented words and phrases being used by people who are looking for love on the internet.

Every year thousands of romantic relationships start through online dating apps. But as always with information found on the internet, there s a danger that someone s dating profile doesn t tell the whole truth.

That s right, Roy, so my question is this: According to research, what do men tend to lie about in their dating profile?

Is it:

a) their hair?