• ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    29 days ago

    I haven’t read it, but someone looked into this type of thing and wrote a book called Because the Internet.

    I think the author is a linguist but I don’t remember.

    • Okokimup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      28 days ago

      Because Internet - Gretchen McCulloch

      Thanks for mentioning this, I’ve added it to my tbr.

  • ch00f@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    30 days ago

    I once had a conversation with my girlfriend where she didn’t get a joke. I had to explain it to her and when she got it she said “oh, yeah. lol”

    But the “lol” was said like the way you’d say “right” or “got it.”

    “lol” expressed that it was funny, but the tone expressed understanding.

    • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      30 days ago

      I remember the first time I said lol out loud.

      It was strange, because I wasn’t even a fan of it to begin with, but it snuck into my head, and one Christmas, I was talking with a cousin telling a story, and said that I “loled”.

  • halyk.the.red@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    30 days ago

    Kinda funny seeing a post about the written word so flagrantly disregard appropriate use of punctuation.