I will never, ever, ever get anywhere near a lmao. Don't even start with ROTFLMAO.
I'm sure I can count, on one tightly-closed fist, the number of times, since the www was born, that I've "laughed my ass off" after reading a post on an internet message board.
A knowing smile? You bet.
A wide grin punctuated by a happy snort? My funny friends engender these on occasion.
A spontaneous giggle? Fairly rare, but it happens.
Laughing my ass off? Sorry, that just doesn't happen while I'm reading cybertext.
And, has anyone, anywhere, anytime, ever, in the history of the known universe, read some interwebby chat prose and fallen into rolling on the floor and laughing his or her ass off? Please.
I loathe these acronyms, I get irritable whenever I see them used, and a baby turtle suffers everytime the offending letters are typed in their sacrilegious forms. Please stop.
[**Rant over**]
Feel free to ventilate your own acronymical irritations here if it will help cleanse the collective websoul.
This is why I loves ya! Lol!So, now I've had a chance to really think about textspeak. I do think there's a time and place for it's use. I think I'm an adequate writer. It's important that I write well as a good part of my job is as a writer; however, when I'm texting, I'm going to use text speak. The simple reason? I have very old thumbs and they get tired - I am going to use short cuts.
And yes, I 'lol' a lot. I think it's charming, but likely others think I'm nuts. Do I 'rotflmao'? Well, a couple of times - but that has more to do with my lack of coordination than anything else. Can't laugh, read texts/posts and roll back in my office chair at the same time. MickeyLee really should come with a warning label.
I try not to use textspeak in posts, but sometimes it slips in. Oh well. If it does, I encourage you to locate me and give me a darn good spanking. I'll never learn if you don't! LOL ROTFLMAO
This is why I loves ya! Lol!
I actually like LOL! It has it's place if I am typing something in casual and friendly manner. I feel it gives a better example of what talking to me is like, as i will, chuckle, giggle and such throughout a convo. LOL's derivatives give you an insight as to how humorous I find a post. And i have ROTFLMAO IRL! Usually only my sis or my guy can say something that sets me off into a "i can't stand" laughing mess. I will end up on the floor, thou maybe not exactly rolling around on it. More useless jiggling slug on the floor.
I also get crap though for using emoticons,
And, has anyone, anywhere, anytime, ever, in the history of the known universe, read some interwebby chat prose and fallen into rolling on the floor and laughing his or her ass off? Please.
I love emoticons because they convey emotion in a medium that is notorious for the lack of or the misinterpretation of it. So smiley away!^_^
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this thread is pretty lol
I don't know, I've found that the denigration and completely deliberate use of abbreviations in all kinds communication is only tacit of those who have no real use of spelling anymore, or who don't know HOW TO.
Frankly, I don't like using it, but it seems my friends/family, etc. seem too willing to use it to be lazy.
:smashfreakB::spank:O pls! Srsly??
OMFG!
:wink:
PML is possibly more appropriate for the oldies.
I blame that phone commercial for popularizing it enough for the general public. .-. The infamous "IDK, my BFF Jill." commercial.
Personally, IDGAF but WTFE.
I agree that it is a bit overdone...and when i see this kind of stuff in work related emails, it MMW (makes me wonder) 0_o