#0, 2006.11.13: punctuation
Posted by Gryphon on Nov-13-06 at 01:36 PM
<Z-Gryphon> http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/11/nz.text.ap/index.html
<Z-Gryphon> - "Saxophones? You gotta fuggin be kidding me" dep't
<Truss> Well, geez. Whoever wrote that article didn't do their research.
<Truss> I mean, -everyone- knows "lol" isn't an abbreviation or a word. It's punctuation.
<Truss> It's practically the equivalent of "STOP" from old telegrams.
<Z-Gryphon> snrk
* Z-Gryphon tries a simple test.
<wedge> snrk
<Z-Gryphon> WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT LOL
<Z-Gryphon> yeah, you're right.
#1, 2008.02.22: punctuation revisited
Posted by Gryphon on Feb-22-08 at 12:04 PM
In response to message #0
<Z-Gryphon> it's very lucky that "LOL" did -not- evolve as a telegraphic end-of-sentence indicator instead of "STOP".
<Z-Gryphon> I mean, it would be -wildly- inappropriate in the case of those telegrams that begin THE SECRETARY OF WAR REGRETS TO INFORM YOU
<Z-Gryphon> also, it occurs to me that if "LOL" were the equivalent of "STOP", then "MESSAGE ENDS" would have to be replace by either "LOLOL" or "ROFL"
<Z-Gryphon> and -then- where would we be
<Truss> I think that's KTHXBYE, actually. :)
<Truss> MGY CQD ZOMG A/S/L 41.46 N. 50.14 W REZ PLZ O HAI ICEBERG SINKING ZOMGWTFBBQ
<Truss> (And yeah, I had to look up the original. :)
<Z-Gryphon> (followed by a quick "OMW" from the Carpathia, one presumes)
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