06-06-2003, 04:05 PM
Everyday sayings are adopted into our vocabulary. "Cool" is a holdover from the Jazz age, decades ago. It's been adopted by every "youth" movement since that time and made their own. To see it used in a novel, romance or any other bulk publication is commonplace. The same may occur with various internet lingo phrases. However, while a paperback might contain such a widely accepted phrase as "cool" into its pages... you will NOT find it in any thesis, essay or facsimile thereof. At least, not if you hope for a passing grade. It reminds me of the old saying: "Ain't ain't a word because it ain't in the dictionary". Well, "ain't" IS in the dictionary, now... but I DARE you to put it into a submitted essay. :lol:
The difference is that "sayings" and "text messages" are NOT the same animal. It is far different to adopt a text shortcut into publication than to adopt a spoken phrase. Spoken phrases are adopted with an accepted form of spelling and sentence placement. Text messages are stand alone and bastardized versions of previously accepted phrases that already have themselves established; the text messages are simply screwed up versions of the accepted ones, written by dull-normals that can't spell or are too lazy to type. <_<
"LOL" does not have a pronunciation key, listing of pluralism, listing of verb/adjective/noun forms or anything resembling an etymology... as it is NOT a linguistic form. The closest it could approach would be a definition that reveals it as "a text shortcut for "Laughing out loud"; a reference call to approximate a humorous response similar to a play script."
Language isn't static; I've heard that one SEVERAL times before on the Lounge. Usually it's used to defend one of these wankers that can't spell or type better than a chimpanzee... and to argue that spelling and grammar aren't really THAT important. As I've replied before on that topic: Believe as you will, I'll be there to order my hamburger at Macdonald's from you, in your fancy uniform. And you, full of pomp and dignity at having defended your right to type and talk like a moron, can draw yourself up proudly and say: "Wud U Lyk Fryz wid dat?" :blink:
The difference is that "sayings" and "text messages" are NOT the same animal. It is far different to adopt a text shortcut into publication than to adopt a spoken phrase. Spoken phrases are adopted with an accepted form of spelling and sentence placement. Text messages are stand alone and bastardized versions of previously accepted phrases that already have themselves established; the text messages are simply screwed up versions of the accepted ones, written by dull-normals that can't spell or are too lazy to type. <_<
"LOL" does not have a pronunciation key, listing of pluralism, listing of verb/adjective/noun forms or anything resembling an etymology... as it is NOT a linguistic form. The closest it could approach would be a definition that reveals it as "a text shortcut for "Laughing out loud"; a reference call to approximate a humorous response similar to a play script."
Language isn't static; I've heard that one SEVERAL times before on the Lounge. Usually it's used to defend one of these wankers that can't spell or type better than a chimpanzee... and to argue that spelling and grammar aren't really THAT important. As I've replied before on that topic: Believe as you will, I'll be there to order my hamburger at Macdonald's from you, in your fancy uniform. And you, full of pomp and dignity at having defended your right to type and talk like a moron, can draw yourself up proudly and say: "Wud U Lyk Fryz wid dat?" :blink:
Garnered Wisdom --
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.
If it has more than four legs, kill it immediately.
Never hesitate to put another bullet into the skull of the movie's main villain; it'll save time on the denouement.
Eight hours per day of children's TV programming can reduce a grown man to tears -- PM me for details.