LOL is now an English word

Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:14 pm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110326/tc_pcworld/omglolinternetslangaddedtooxfordenglishdictionary_1
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Mel E
 
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:14 pm

I love the OED, but I might start having to use MW more now... :facepalm:
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asako
 
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:40 pm

HA!! wow... what has this country come to...
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Shirley BEltran
 
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:56 am

That's actually painful..

What would our predecessors think? ;P
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:46 am

HA!! wow... what has this country come to...
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jiggy <_<
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Dominic Vaughan
 
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:54 am

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jiggy <_<

Says that's not in the free version...So you're not allowed to use this word without paying. :P
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:43 am

Newsflash: language changes over time.

Pretty much anyone who says that people are somehow ruining the English language through the introduction of new words should go back 100, 200, 300 years, and see if they could actually hold a conversation with someone who spoke English.
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Angel Torres
 
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:58 pm

Why would you guys be opposed to this? You're witnessing our culture evolve. The only difference between past centuries and now is that we have dictionaries to tell us what is or isn't considered "official" english, instead of society as a whole subconsciously deciding it for themselves. I may be among the many who rolls their eyes when people say "Lol" in real conversation, and likely still will for most of my life, but soon enough children will be born who don't roll their eyes at it, and find it no different than any other word. Instead of saying "what has this country come to," embrace the evolution you're lucky enough to be a part of.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:01 am

Why would you guys be opposed to this? You're witnessing our culture evolve. The only difference between past centuries and now is that we have dictionaries to tell us what is or isn't considered "official" english, instead of society as a whole subconsciously deciding it for themselves. I may be among the many who rolls their eyes when people say "Lol" in real conversation, and likely still will for most of my life, but soon enough children will be born who don't roll their eyes at it, and find it no different than any other word. Instead of saying "what has this country come to," embrace the evolution you're lucky enough to be a part of.
Yeesss... We are fast on our way to becoming Eloi.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:37 pm

The next revision will have facepalm in it as a new verb.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:10 am

Newsflash: language changes over time.

Pretty much anyone who says that people are somehow ruining the English language through the introduction of new words should go back 100, 200, 300 years, and see if they could actually hold a conversation with someone who spoke English.

100 years ago? Sure, considering I know people from that time who are still alive, so I'm fairly sure I could hold a conversation with them.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:43 am

Languages and dialect are always changing, but for good or bad?

I'm scared now. People actually use lawl in their typing because LOL sounds like this when spoken allowed. Knowing that so many people say lol of "lawl" to the point of typing the sound worries me a bit. A bit.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:20 am

100 years ago? Sure, considering I know people from that time who are still alive, so I'm fairly sure I could hold a conversation with them.

Some one of the average age 100 years ago then, I'm sure you don't know any 130 year olds.

Anyway, the point is, you'll see massive differences for each leap back, and eventually get to a point where English doesn't exist any any form, but I'm sure you knew that.

Languages and dialect are always changing, but for good or bad?

I'm scared now. People actually use lawl in their typing because LOL sounds like this when spoken allowed. Knowing that so many people say lol of "lawl" to the point of typing the sound worries me a bit. A bit.


As long as communication is possible it doesn't matter. There really is no such thing as good or bad, it's all cultural.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:05 am

Oh dear...
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:01 pm

Some one of the average age 100 years ago then, I'm sure you don't know any 130 year olds.

No... But you can read an hundred and thirty year old news paper.

As long as communication is possible it doesn't matter. There really is no such thing as good or bad, it's all cultural.

Actually.... I don't think that is always so. George Orwell demonstrated that rather well don't you think?
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:12 am

Can't... resist...LOL!
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Nathan Risch
 
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:23 pm

Does this mean that I can now write lol in my english essays?
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:16 am

No... But you can read an hundred and thirty year old news paper.


Actually.... I don't think that is always so. George Orwell demonstrated that rather well don't you think?

Newspeak reminds me a bit of text-speak. Just a bit....you know with few words and only one to describe something lacking any emotion. Scarey.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:16 am

Can we move back to latin now ?

Latin sounds so much better (from the few words I know), and its clear English fails when we are accepting text speak whats next owned ? pwned ?
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:45 am

People actually use lawl in their typing because LOL sounds like this when spoken allowed.

We're lucky that "aloud" doesn't sound like "allowed".
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:29 pm

We're lucky that "aloud" doesn't sound like "allowed".

Yup. I'm glad I'm not talking allowed.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:31 am

Some one of the average age 100 years ago then, I'm sure you don't know any 130 year olds.

Anyway, the point is, you'll see massive differences for each leap back, and eventually get to a point where English doesn't exist any any form, but I'm sure you knew that.



That cut off point is much further back than that, though. Shakespeare's work is in modern English. Hell, even Chaucer is mostly understandable.
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Kat Stewart
 
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:54 am

This news is about as comparable to the adoption of Newspeak as me shaking your chair is to a major earthquake. Adding in a handful of shorter words every few years and not actually getting rid of any other ones is just a tad different.
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Post » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:02 am

"Allowed," he avowed aloud, "it should not be."

I'm just waiting for "ur" to become an English word, since no one knows where to put apostrophes anyway.
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Post » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:59 pm

They need to add tl;dr to the English language.
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