I don’t get webspeak…webonics.
I’m old school. Nah, I’m just old. I cannot stand ‘teh’ (lazy and just plain stupid) and I will never use ‘lol’ and ‘rofl’, etc but I don’t mind when others use these terms.
I understand why and use ‘u’ ‘r’ ’gr8′ etc in SMS and will accept it in emails, aka won’t judge their right to be lazy webonicize… this is not something I do because obviously I have too much time in my hands (I do write out that something made me ‘laugh out loud’)… but…I truly do understand the need for ‘lol’ and smilies.
As long as they’re not ever said aloud. I have visions of chronic lol users lolling around, clutching their stomachs, silently lol-ing. And apparently I’m precognitive. (more…)