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Do teenagers in your area say LOL
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not really, its more of a computer term. but it seems to be creeping back in cause of it.
lame kids would use it, not the cool ones
lame kids would use it, not the cool ones
Teenagers? Adults that I work with say 'el-oh-el' from time to time.
I'm fairly certain they aren't joking.
I'm fairly certain they aren't joking.
"lawl" or "elle-O-elle"? If latter, said teenager needs mental help.
I never heard anyone actually spell it out, all I've heard is "lawl".
I am a teenager and I say "Lawl" every day. Although it may be skewed by the 230 days of play time I have on WoW.
I've heard it once or twice... but then again I don't mingle too much with teenagers, except when I'm stupid enough to take the bus exactly around the schools start or end for the day (it's those times I really appreciate my iPod, BTW)...
I find it rediculous that people would actually use it seriously in an everyday conversation. I admit that i everyonce in a while, jokingly say it along with various other computer words, like BRB or LMAO. But we say them to make fun of the words cause it seems that everyone is getting too lazy to type a word out and now we are getting to the point where we have to actually say that we are laughing and not actually show it.
Someone in the flat upstairs from me says "Bee-are-bee" and I've heard someone say "le mao" before.
Actually my team at work uses it. And we're a bunch of 20-somethings.
Usually when someone says something in jest and the other person gets mad, person A inevitably says "JK, LOL??" To which usually there will be some groans and the occasional person say "OMG".
I'm not sure where all this started from, but its all done in a mocking and sort of rediculous way. I'd like to think its a bit of a statement as to how rediculous people have gotten with language and the advent of computers.
Although, the more we use it, the more I wonder...
...And its "Jay-Kay", "El-Oh-El", and "Oh-Em-Gee" over here, for the record.
EDIT: ...Oh, and then theres been "Bee-Tea-Double You" and "Bee-Are-Bee" used once or twice too...
Usually when someone says something in jest and the other person gets mad, person A inevitably says "JK, LOL??" To which usually there will be some groans and the occasional person say "OMG".
I'm not sure where all this started from, but its all done in a mocking and sort of rediculous way. I'd like to think its a bit of a statement as to how rediculous people have gotten with language and the advent of computers.
Although, the more we use it, the more I wonder...
...And its "Jay-Kay", "El-Oh-El", and "Oh-Em-Gee" over here, for the record.
EDIT: ...Oh, and then theres been "Bee-Tea-Double You" and "Bee-Are-Bee" used once or twice too...
No. I'm my whole, entire existence in both Oldham, Saddleworth, Ashton, Manchester, Salford and Stoke-on-Trent I have never, ever EVER heard anyone say LOL. I thought you were joking at first. People saying LOL in real life? Just about ready for a Children of Men style extermination I think.
I hate "LOL" so much, that I never ever type it. Instead I'll just type "hahaha" or some equivalent. I wonder if the people who say it know what it actually means.
Thankfully, I've never heard somebody say this. Of course, I've probably jinxed myself now, and I'll hear it on the bus later today or something like that.
