In the years to come, as linguists document the rise of
Lolspeak as the lingua franca of pet owners with too many cute-sy pictures and too much free time, they will also come to realize that a parallel argot evolved independently amongst the various cricket fans of the Indian sub-continent, almost simultaneously with the rise of cheap text messaging and Cricinfo. It allowed them to vent their their spleen on the various imperialist know-it-alls who dared to make any disrespectful remarks against their cricketing demi-gods, without requiring the patience to identify either constructive criticism or syntactical correctness (to say nothing of the tedium of perfect spelling).
It would seem to be only a matter of time in this vastly inter-linked world before the two language forms would come together, and yet it looks like there's nothing out there yet.
And so, without further ado, I present :
LOLballz!! (in case you ask,
LOLBatz was already taken).
And Finally,
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PS: Han, I thought about the initial part of this post a while back, though seeing the lulz on your blog gave me a definite push in terms of figuring out how to flesh it out. PPS: Yeah, ok the commentariat's English isn't as badly mangled as all that, I just needed an excuse to put these up anyway.
Hmm. My favourite was kthnxbai.
ReplyDeleteWhat are WAGz? Wives?
Wives and Girlfriends. Context here.
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