Actually it has both British and American pronunciations.Oxford is the United Kingdom... not the U S of A
i was responding to Akation's post "So are Americans the only people using abbreviations like these? " obviously Americans arent only ones using it ... esp when the definitions are added in an English based instituteActually it has both British and American pronunciations.
Oxford is the United Kingdom... not the U S of A
Tenzo said:Actually it has both British and American pronunciations.
Me said:I wonder what the British pronunciation of lol is.
Precisely.You said:Lol shouldn't be pronounced..
I guess it is inevitable that "words" like "lol" & "omg" would become more integrated into the English language. However, just because they have been published in dictionaries, does not mean that they will be used in everyday practice.I lol'd
You missed the point.i was responding to Akation's post "So are Americans the only people using abbreviations like these? " obviously Americans arent only ones using it ... esp when the definitions are added in an English based institute
rofl u iz mad LOL.... sum1 nedz 2 cam u dun.....!!!11!~Lately there has been in increase in people using text acronyms in spoken word. This trend, if it continues, will likely result in me committing many great acts of violence.
First: Neither "lol", nor "fyi", nor "omg" are acronyms. They are abbreviations. An acronym is made in a way so that it can be said. Like NASA. You don't say N-A-S-A, you say it as if it were a word. An acronym is never spelled out. Using acronyms would be fine with me. These aren't acronyms. They're unnecessary and annoying abbreviations.Lately there has been in increase in people using text acronyms in spoken word. This trend, if it continues, will likely result in me committing many great acts of violence.
That is kind of funny because the people I'm talking about vocalize "lawl," "rawfl," and "awmg."First: Neither "lol", nor "fyi", nor "omg" are acronyms. They are abbreviations. An acronym is made in a way so that it can be said. Like NASA. You don't say N-A-S-A, you say it as if it were a word. An acronym is never spelled out. Using acronyms would be fine with me. These aren't acronyms. They're unnecessary and annoying abbreviations..
I'm curious why you haven't severely hurt these people yet. Are they close friends or family?That is kind of funny because the people I'm talking about vocalize "lawl," "rawfl," and "awmg."
This is redundant. My point was that "lol", "omg", and "fyi" aren't acronyms (though, fair enough, one might argue that "lol" counts as one). There is no such thing as a "universal definition" for anything, so that's also kind of a useless thing to write.First off, an acronym is an abbreviation, much like initialisms, where the first letter of a name or phrase is used to create a shorter variant. Secondly, there isn't a universal definition for either.
And I stand up for that pedantry. Furthermore I don't think you have any grounds to say I grasp the subtlety of the English language. I think it's important to maintain some form of accuracy in writing. There is no sense in adding slang and so forth to dictionaries - slang is ever-evolving, and unless it's widely used by a broad spectrum of the population for a long period of time, then it's just ludicrous.Third, your pedantry is precisely what girs vid was referring to, made only worse by your lack of a grasp of the subtlety of the English language.
It's curious how all the people I know who do that are unemployed and lack education. I'd ask if we should add "whassup" to the dictionary, but I see they already did that. I'm glad my language is regulated by official channels, because this **** is just moronic.Fourth, I've heard people pronounce words like roflmao and spell acronyms like RIAA.