"OMG! LOL's in the OED. LMAO!"
:/"And yes, I do say 'LOL' out loud
While on Facebook, there are at least half a dozen "anti-LOL" groups, where lol-ophobes dream of loll-ageddon
OK <= Guess the origin of this one.
We have precise written information regarding the origins of OK. It dates from the 1840 Presidential run of Martin Van Buren. The OK club supported him. OK was an abbreviation of Old Kinderhook. Kinderhook, New York was where many of the OK club members were from, thus the word has a double meaning. OK soon became handy as a simple means for stating agreement.
. Information Age? Pffft, more like the self-absorbed facebook era.
Because it has been cultured and popularized by world of social networking and I think that describes the frequent users of said websites. Are you really going to tell me that the majority of the comments you find on social sites aren't the worst and most trivial diarrhea to find on the internet?How on earth does a word which is meant to be an identifier of tone somehow reflect people being self-absorbed?
So, you're perfectly okay with one of your students handing in a paper using OMG/LOL/♥, as long as they're used correctly and proficiently? I can't even imagine where I want to use that unless discussing this very topic. They're much better ways to describe that feeling when you type out "lol" (and you're not even laughing), it's just quicker and easier to most people.Seriously, people, language is a natural process of evolution, with words getting made up ALL the time and being integrated into the lexicon. Chill the **** out, oh arbiters of preservation and realize that language adapts to the needs of society and to insist on some ridiculous concept of purity is to life with your head up your ass (though I will grant that this explains the majority of the political threads).
~Jason
"LOL" has nothing to do with why people make the kind of comments you are referring to.Are you really going to tell me that the majority of the comments you find on social sites aren't the worst and most trivial diarrhea to find on the internet?
I'm pretty sure he didn't say that.So, you're perfectly okay with one of your students handing in a paper using OMG/LOL/♥, as long as they're used correctly and proficiently?
How many words do you know in the dictionary that aren't?just because stuff like LOL are added to the dictionary doesn't mean they will be ok to use for professional writing.
the dictionary is not a guideline for proper writing technique.How many words do you know in the dictionary that aren't?
I'll admit when thinking about it more, it's acceptable in the sense that it's documenting modern slang. But, nobody in their right mind would use it for anything besides something like dialog is what I'm getting at.
Yet, the further you go back, the less familiar English appears.they've been doing it for hundreds of years and it doesn't affect proper writing style.
I would disagree. However, I'm not going there because I know it's controversial or even plain stupid to think otherwise by some people I'm sure.That's the point, it's evolving. Not getting better or worse just changing.
you're not going there because you don't have an argument.I'm not going there because...