"Lolspeak" drives me nuts

[sasvermont]

What more can be said? I don't think the LOLspeak, or whatever you want to call it, is advancing anyone's IQ. Sorry. It's a fad, and I surely hope it passes. And yes, I have used it when texting...when it is being seen by one person and the keyboard set up on the phone is too tiny....

[Kfamr]

I have to say I am fully capable of speaking and typing/spelling. My IQ has never dropped from reading or writing in LOLspeak.

I suppose I don't "get" or see why it grinds some people's nerves. I know I've gotten majorly peeved by things on the internet in the past. Over the years I've decided taking the internet too seriously is ridiculous.

I DO understand if someone's one and only "language" is LOLspeak or they are incapable of forming an actual sentence in English. Only if they're not doing it on purpose and don't actually know how to spell properly. That's when it gets sad, not frustrating, in my opinion.


Some people's pet peeves seem silly to others and this one seems silly to me.


BC_Mom, since no one else said it, I have to tell you that picture was too cute. My head did asplode.

[K9soul]

Over the years I've decided taking the internet too seriously is ridiculous.

It's just a discussion Kay. It wasn't started to make you apologize, put warning labels on your posts and remove your signature. It wasn't aimed at you or anyone here specifically. Just something that's a new trend that I personally don't enjoy and drives me a bit crazy at times . I know some people are more vehement about their opinion on it, but as you stated above you can't let things get to you too much.

[Kfamr]

It's just a discussion Kay. It wasn't started to make you apologize, put warning labels on your posts and remove your signature. It wasn't aimed at you or anyone here specifically. Just something that's a new trend that I personally don't enjoy and drives me a bit crazy at times . I know some people are more vehement about their opinion on it, but as you stated above you can't let things get to you too much.

I am aware that it is a discussion. I don't recall apologizing (atleast not for LOLspeak) and my signature was removed purely because it's now outdated. The warning label was put up as a joke between someone else and I.


Oh yeah, Richard, I do it because I think it's kool2followtrendz. Nah, I find it amusing.

[RICHARD]

I'd like to think that the 'smart ones' use LOLspeak because they know how to spell and think that it's kool 2 follow da trend.

The music industry has had a great influence on the grammar and spelling for today's kids.

"u r 2 stoopid and lazee 2 rite a song title"


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I don't mind the minimal abbreviations, LOL, BTW, WTF..Or even the "biatch"
type...I'll skip a paragraph when there are too many "2, R and dats" in it.

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As far as cell "FONES" go....they are making us more lazy, stupid and rude.

I think that SPRINT charges 15 bucks a month for speech recognition software so you do not have to type a text message. Isn't that what voice mail is for?

Now you have to excuse yourself from the meeting to "text" a VR message from your phone as opposed to sitting at the table and not paying attention to anything that's said.

[K9soul]

I don't mind the minimal abbreviations, LOL, BTW, WTF..Or even the "biatch" type...I'll skip a paragraph when there are too many "2, R and dats" in it.

This brought up another curious thought to me. I think some of all this has to do with how one reads the text they are reading. I.e. I ALWAYS READ ALL CAPS AS YELLING and small text as whispering or speaking low. Thus I read lolspeak and leetspeak as it were someone who is mentally delayed trying to speak, I read it.. slower, enunciated like a kid trying to read difficult words, and seeing it become the cool way to type and talk gets to grating on me when I start seeing it everywhere I go on the net. It is not that I think the person using it IS slow or uneducated, but I "hear" it that way in my mind if that makes sense. Again, none of this was solely directed at Pet Talkers who enjoy using lolspeak, I've seen it far more often in other places than here.

I have never been one for overuse of cutsy baby talk really anyway, even when talking to babies . I see my pets as intelligent, soulful beings and companions and, somehow, I just can't imagine them thinking and "talking" that way. That is just me I guess.

Anyway my original thought I mentioned was how others read LOL, OMG, BTW and so on (which by the way as I mentioned acronyms don't bother me). Do you read it as in the letters L-O-L or the letters O-M-G? In my mind I always read them out as what they stand for, when I see "BTW" my mind reads 'by the way' or "laughing out loud" for LOL or "in my opinion" for IMO. If someone walked up to me and said the letters OMG or IMO I would probably stare at them blankly. I even read WTF for what it is in my mind

[Suki Wingy]

I'd like to think that the 'smart ones' use LOLspeak because they know how to spell and think that it's kool 2 follow da trend.

Again, English and Latin are two of my favorite classes, I just about had a spaz attack today over improper use of an apostrophe by a teacher. I think lolspeak is very funny. I use it. I didn't know there were people who used it because it was "cool", I guess I'm ignorant that way.

Anyway my original thought I mentioned was how others read LOL, OMG, BTW and so on (which by the way as I mentioned acronyms don't bother me). Do you read it as in the letters L-O-L or the letters O-M-G? In my mind I always read them out as what they stand for, when I see "BTW" my mind reads 'by the way' or "laughing out loud" for LOL or "in my opinion" for IMO. If someone walked up to me and said the letters OMG or IMO I would probably stare at them blankly. I even read WTF for what it is in my mind

I read LOL as literally "lol", a word, in my mind. I read OMG as the letters. I have said "O-M-G!" or "Zoh my god!" out loud, I think it's funny.

[Twisterdog]

Allow me to elaborate on my original post, please.

I actually do think some of the captions written from the pet's point of view are cute and funny. Chopper's narrations are hilarious, for example. I also use the attached picture as wallpaper sometimes. I don't have a problem with our critters "speaking" like that. Of course, it's a relatively novel fad, and I think it's cute-factor is going to be short-lived.

What drives me crazy is adults (or teens, who are close enough to adulthood to know better) using so many "invented" phrases that their conversations are difficult to decifer, and do not remotely resemble English.

I also have no problem with acronyms like LOL, OMG, IMO, etc. I use them when it is appropriate. And I think that is the key ... knowing when it is appropriate vs. simply immature and annoying. It's cute when a puppy "says" ... "Whaz za matter?" It is NOT cute when an adult says "k i c u l8r. ima lyke so gunna go 2 skool"

[rosethecopycat]

Allow me to elaborate on my original post, please.

I actually do think some of the captions written from the pet's point of view are cute and funny. Chopper's narrations are hilarious, for example. I also use the attached picture as wallpaper sometimes. I don't have a problem with our critters "speaking" like that. Of course, it's a relatively novel fad, and I think it's cute-factor is going to be short-lived.

What drives me crazy is adults (or teens, who are close enough to adulthood to know better) using so many "invented" phrases that their conversations are difficult to decifer, and do not remotely resemble English.

I also have no problem with acronyms like LOL, OMG, IMO, etc. I use them when it is appropriate. And I think that is the key ... knowing when it is appropriate vs. simply immature and annoying. It's cute when a puppy "says" ... "Whaz za matter?" It is NOT cute when an adult says "k i c u l8r. ima lyke so gunna go 2 skool"

I can certainly agree with that. It is not LOLspeak, the voice of the pet.

[Suki Wingy]

But that is exactly what lolspeak started as, the voice of cats. So in essence, it is, even though lolspeak has set principles and the pets who "talk" on this site may, but they're all different.

[Medusa]

No one speaks the Queen's English any more. It's a pet peeve of mine, too. Yes, I know, texting, blah blah blah.....