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The voice of reason.
Helpful Moderator
Mar 16, 2005
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Chandlers Ford
I'm with Bozza (not in a gay way).

looooool lololololol xxxxxx It's feeble-minded. Please stop.
 






Robdinho

Well-known member
Jul 26, 2004
1,067
It's an interesting view.

I note he didn't address the self-LOLers though - those that aren't LOLing to someone else, they are merely, and again somewhat arrogantly, LOLing at their own contribution.

He does not, but then that's not really the fault of the word itself, but the person using it.

To be honest, I'm not sure I agree with him, I do find lol a little irritating and would certainly never use it myself.

I also disagree with his stance on the 'smilies'. Text is so easily and so often mis-interpreted that anything which can help a reader take the intended meaning from it should be encouraged imho.
 






Guy Crouchback

New member
Jun 20, 2012
665
Well, if the boss says that writing "LOL" is forbidden then I suppose
dura lex sed lex, as ancient Russians used to say.

However, the intricate knowledge of human nature that I acquired in
the course of life tells me that people will find a way to go around this
law. Writing L*L would be the obvious, albeit slightly unimaginative,
solution. They could also try to pretend that they're coughing and write
*coughLOLcough*; someone has already mentioned the option
of adding extra "o" letters in the middle.

All things considered, it is certainly a commendable intention of our dear
administrator to improve the level of English used on the board by eradicating
some aspects of text talk as well as incorrect grammar or usage, and I am
quite sure that we shall all endeavour to ascertain that the posts we make
are up to the highest standards of linguistic correctness, lucidity and style.
Indeed it is not within the scope of my limited abilities to find anything with
which I could conceivably disagree with Bozza in this regard.

Nevertheless, human nature being what it is, it would seem to be a good
idea to apply a more liberal approach in our general linguistic attitude towards
our fellow posters (providing they do not indulge in some extraordinary exhibition
of LOLing, OMGing and LMFAOing).
 








Falkor

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Jun 3, 2011
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Beach Hut

Brighton Bhuna Boy
Jul 5, 2003
72,315
Living In a Box
I agree almost as pretentious as people at work who sign a mail with an initial
 










Munkfish

Well-known member
May 1, 2006
12,089
lol is very annoying. its like talking to a 13 year old in fact its worse as it would be acceptable for a 13 year old to use it as they don't know any better, however anyone over 18 should.
 


Husty

Mooderator
Oct 18, 2008
11,998
can we stop the use of xxx after every xx f***ing sentence? xx lolololol xxx
 




TWOCHOICEStom

Well-known member
Sep 22, 2007
10,909
Brighton
I'm totally up for a ban on lol. You don't lol, you bloody liars.

If you genuinely laugh out loud, you must upload a video of you lolling in order for the lol to be displayed alongside your verification video.
 


Husty

Mooderator
Oct 18, 2008
11,998
I guess I'll just say it since no one else has.

Why don't you just ban [MENTION=20728]Lady Gull[/MENTION] [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] since she contributes probably 90% of NSC's Ls, Os, Xs and !s.
 


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