February 2010

  • Chatspeak

    By jemanji on 2/19/10 7:05am
    39 Comments

    PLEASE use that emoticon ONE more timePLEASE use that emoticon ONE more timeNow, here's a late-at-night-out-of-my-mind-bleary post for yer :- )

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    Does anybody care to explain why some communities find minimal chatspeak, and emoticons, as annoying as they do.  This isn't a challenge.  It's a request for information.

    We were skimming a comments thread at a big M's blog and somebody threw "LOL" into a comment.

    Immediately, in Terrence Stamp fashion, another poster icily intoned "please do not use chatspeak here."  (Of course, wtf is acceptable and encouraged.)

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