• IndiBrony@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    When I was younger, there were people who would actually say lol. I wouldn’t say it’s new, but I think the advent of the internet has certainly accelerated some aspects of linguistic evolution.

    It would be fascinating to be a fly on the wall in a couple hundred years’ time to see where English goes from here.

    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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      5 months ago

      for me “lol” and “lmao” are desperately trying to replace non-lexical sounds of amusement like “hah!” and “eeey!”