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We wish you a merry notification bell (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/196

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[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 11 points 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.

[-] LwL@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I do this, I hate it, but I can't get rid of it so I've started to accept it.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Lol

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

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

[-] amotio@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, we say lol to each other as a joke when something is "funny" or as a joke in it self, but never as a response to someone outside the family circle or in formal setting. Bot that may change too in the future.

The internet is for sure speeding things up. I wonder how will our (Czech) language look like in 10, 20, 30 years. I am all for simplification but sometimes it just feels weird :D