Teens are destroying the English language

[Chavi]

hahaha.
i love this thread.

anyone who can't type correctly, should not use a computer.

wat er u talkin about?

[Ghost!]

hahaha.
i love this thread.

anyone who can't type correctly, should not use a computer.

Ge3t da farrk ouda h3r3!

[iffets12345]

Well, I type really fast, anybody on my facebook would know, so sometimes I just type out the sentence without looking and press "Enter"

[MuggedByReality]

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[D27RII]

I admit, that sort of language in a VCE essay is not only tactless but also pretty damn right stupid.

That being said, i have nothing at all against "teenagers" changing the langauge. The english language has always been changing. 5 centuries ago, most people nowawayds would have no idea what was being said.

Even 20-30 years ago, the colloquial English language was radically different to what we have today. Words change, new words come, old words go - its all part of the process

[ShortBlackChick]

Do you know what annoys me, and im sure people will agree with this- people who say LOL or ROFL.
I understand people typing such abbrieviations (or acronyms?) but actually orally saying it to people, is just like...errrr...
It's preety much like "you say 'LOL', but i dont see you LOL[ing]!!!!!"
I dont see the point in saying in the first place.
If you saw something funny YOU WOULD LAUGH not say LOL!!!!!!!!!
Obviously, your not LOL[ing] your saying 'LOL' just cause what? Your too lazy to actually laugh??
I dont know about you guys, but i'll be the idiot to laugh at anytime, anyplace. I also have an annoying laugh but thats besides the point
I'll be somewhere really serious, and someone would preety much trip, and i'd be standing there LITERALLY LOL.
I dont stand there and say 'LOL' ffs.
Sorry for the random rant.
Oh also, people who say 'awks' its one more syllable to add the 'ward' to the 'awk'. Seriously? Is it going to save you one second of time by not saying 'ward'
Please someone, dont say it will save one second, please.

[PC23]

Do you know what annoys me, and im sure people will agree with this- people who say LOL or ROFL.
I understand people typing such abbrieviations (or acronyms?) but actually orally saying it to people, is just like...errrr...
It's preety much like "you say 'LOL', but i dont see you LOL[ing]!!!!!"
I dont see the point in saying in the first place.
If you saw something funny YOU WOULD LAUGH not say LOL!!!!!!!!!
Obviously, your not LOL[ing] your saying 'LOL' just cause what? Your too lazy to actually laugh??
I dont know about you guys, but i'll be the idiot to laugh at anytime, anyplace. I also have an annoying laugh but thats besides the point
I'll be somewhere really serious, and someone would preety much trip, and i'd be standing there LITERALLY LOL.
I dont stand there and say 'LOL' ffs.

I say "lol" when speaking, and it's not laziness, and not because I'm using it to replace actual laughter. When something is very funny, I actually laugh. However, there are times when there's something mildly funny. It isn't funny enough to actually laugh, but I find it rather amusing. That's when I say "lol."

When I use it, it's a shorter way of expressing that "I found that fairly amusing," and I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able use it in this way.

[Fyrefly]

Do you know what annoys me, and im sure people will agree with this- people who say LOL or ROFL.
I understand people typing such abbrieviations (or acronyms?) but actually orally saying it to people, is just like...errrr...
It's preety much like "you say 'LOL', but i dont see you LOL[ing]!!!!!"
I dont see the point in saying in the first place.
If you saw something funny YOU WOULD LAUGH not say LOL!!!!!!!!!
Obviously, your not LOL[ing] your saying 'LOL' just cause what? Your too lazy to actually laugh??
I dont know about you guys, but i'll be the idiot to laugh at anytime, anyplace. I also have an annoying laugh but thats besides the point
I'll be somewhere really serious, and someone would preety much trip, and i'd be standing there LITERALLY LOL.
I dont stand there and say 'LOL' ffs.

I say "lol" when speaking, and it's not laziness, and not because I'm using it to replace actual laughter. When something is very funny, I actually laugh. However, there are times when there's something mildly funny. It isn't funny enough to actually laugh, but I find it rather amusing. That's when I say "lol."

When I use it, it's a shorter way of expressing that "I found that fairly amusing," and I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able use it in this way.

Awks.