LOL is now an English word : Othor Games

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:27 am

If in twenty years I hear my son say "Lol" out loud, I will personally beat whoever added that to the Dictionary.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:05 am

lol

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:56 am

Well, lets put it this way... who would say "Laugh out loud." out of no where when having a day to day conversation with someone anyways? No one. If you find something funny, you laugh, smile, or blush. Lol was made as a way of presenting that over the internet, since for the most part no one can see you or hear you.

Your not going to be told a joke and just say, "Lol." your going to go, "BWAHAHAHAAH! DAWG, U SO FUNNY!"

That's a point. "lol" happened as compensation for lack of a way of expressing honest laughter in text-based communication. It has no sensible place in spoken communication.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:25 pm

lol

*beats with beating stick*

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:56 am

It doesn't bother me too much to be honest, even if spoken textspeak tends to annoy me.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:12 am

My friend said 'Lol' and 'omg' outloud and for some reason I thought of schoolgirls that do nothing but text, people that say something like that outloud just sound like an idiot.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:16 am

That's a point. "lol" happened as compensation for lack of a way of expressing honest laughter in text-based communication. It has no sensible place in spoken communication.

This is true, except that, when it is uses, it seems to be used in front of a sentence. "Lol, I just ran over my neighbor's dog. ROFL"

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:54 am

lol i lolled at your lolling you're such a lol lol

ps lol!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:28 am

lol i lolled at your lolling you're such a lol lol

ps lol!

Don't make me break you. In half. With a spoon. :flame:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:22 pm

lol! simpsonfly yo umake me lol! lol! i can't believe how much i'm lolling rigtht now

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:40 am

Don't make me break you. In half. With a spoon. :flame:

I could do it with a toothpick and a pack of floss.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:46 pm

lol! simpsonfly yo umake me lol! lol! i can't believe how much i'm lolling rigtht now

Aghhhh! DIE! Diediediediedie! :flamethrower: :gun:

*Huff* *Puff* *Wheeze* I think I'm going to fall over now. :cryvaultboy:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:44 pm

Aghhhh! DIE! Diediediediedie! :flamethrower: :gun:

*Huff* *Puff* *Wheeze* I think I'm going to fall over now. :cryvaultboy:

*Creates impossible bear trap*

Bwhahaha.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:56 am

Anyway, in all seriousness, I don't really have a problem with it becoming a "word". I don't have to use it. Although I would prefer that nobody use it. I've always considered people who do use LOL to be idiots. Not sure why. I just do. Same with npeople who don't capitalize or punctuate.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:48 am

so u r sayin i iz stupid nao?

i c how it is

lololol

I cringe when I see 'lol' on news articles, which pop up quite frequently now.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:02 am

http://reaction.ralfvandenboom.nl/img/gaADjBLZEK.jpg

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:03 pm

so u r sayin i iz stupid nao?

i c how it is

lololol

I cringe when I see 'lol' on news articles, which pop up quite frequently now.

Really? I've never had the misfortune of seeing that. The only places I get my news from are Thedailywh.at, The Daily Show, and sometimes BGSF.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:34 am

Another "the world is going to hell in a handbasket" thread at BSF. Lulz at 11

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:59 am

Anyway, in all seriousness, I don't really have a problem with it becoming a "word". I don't have to use it. Although I would prefer that nobody use it. I've always considered people who do use LOL to be idiots. Not sure why. I just do. Same with npeople who don't capitalize or punctuate.

Agreed. If someone uses text language in general someplace other then texting (which I abhor) then I just think they're idiots.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:22 am

Agreed. If someone uses text language in general someplace other then texting (which I abhor) then I just think they're idiots.

Although to be truthful, people have been doing that long before the Internet; example - air quotes.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:47 pm

Although to be truthful, people have been doing that long before the Internet; example - air quotes.

There was never anything modern or absurd about quotation marks, air quotes are a perfectly reasonable way to show something is a direct quote while talking, imo. :shrug:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:16 pm

There was never anything modern or absurd about quotation marks, air quotes are a perfectly reasonable way to show something is a direct quote while talking, imo. :shrug:

But quotation marks have only been around since the 1700's in English. I'm still not seeing any difference between internet language and other other kind.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:35 am

But quotation marks have only been around since the 1700's in English. I'm still not seeing any difference between internet language and other other kind.

Hmm, true. But at least air quotes serve a reasonable purpose. Saying "lol" in a real life conversation just makes you look like a twit, plain and simple.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:26 am

I don't have a problem with it being used on the internet. In real life though, it's [censored]. Like girly girls that say "Oh-em-gee!" in everyday conversations.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:34 am

There was never anything modern or absurd about quotation marks, air quotes are a perfectly reasonable way to show something is a direct quote while talking, imo. :shrug:

Well first of all, air quotes are almost always used to denote scare quotes (or sarcasm), I have never witnessed someone using air quotes to indicate quotation. Second, there must have been a time when quotation marks were something new (i.e. modern). As for absurd, are you trying to say that there is something absurd about "lol"?

And finally, no, air quotes are as much a reasonable way to indicate scare quotes/sarcasm in speech as is saying "lol" instead of laughing. Intonation is used for that in speech, not wiggling your fingers.