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Jenya
HOPEFUL
Azerbaijan
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Someguysteve
USA
September 2005
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bean said:
thunderboltz said:
I suspect that the /me comes from people who use or have used irc
Yep. That's probably the only one on the list I'd mildly disagree with, since the "/me" command on IRC creates a "*myname..." sentence in most competent IRC applications. For example: I type "/me yells at things just to hear the echo," and in the channel, people will see "*bean yells at things just to hear the echo*." The *does something* convention is actually a contraction of the standard IRC action phrase convention.
hrmmm I think you hit ctrl/c before you highlighted my whole quote there 
NOV 21, 2005 05:59 AM
thunderboltz said:
bean said:
thunderboltz said:
I suspect that the /me comes from people who use or have used irc
Yep. That's probably the only one on the list I'd mildly disagree with, since the "/me" command on IRC creates a "*myname..." sentence in most competent IRC applications. For example: I type "/me yells at things just to hear the echo," and in the channel, people will see "*bean yells at things just to hear the echo*." The *does something* convention is actually a contraction of the standard IRC action phrase convention.
hrmmm I think you hit ctrl/c before you highlighted my whole quote there
no, i'd say that was on purpose.....he probably read the entire first post in this thread....hehehe 
NOV 21, 2005 06:09 AM
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i only use some forms of net speak when im talking on messenger.
i hate using net speak else where. its annoying and hard to read.
anything i type around here thats hard to read, its like that because i suck at using english properly and often can't spell 
NOV 21, 2005 06:40 AM
Dylan said:
Worse than 'lol' is when people decide to show they find it really really funny by typing 'lololol' or any other variation - as far as I am aware, this translates as "laughing out loud out loud out loud" and is completely moronic.
abrieviations i know for when your laughing hard, and LOL isn't enough to express that are: LMAO - laughing My Arse/Ass Off; PMSL - Pissing Myself Laughing; ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
there are more, but stem from MSN Chat Rooms (which no longer exist ) and are not worth going into.
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Idjit
HOPEFUL
I'm lost
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Thistle said:
Please stop using the following:
b/c- abbreviation for because.
example: she said we were mad ugly hos b/c we have tattoos.
reason: spelling out because or just saying cuz is adequate, and that slash just makes no sense. slashes cannot be used for ellipses.
Agreed. b/c doesn't work the same way as j/k because "just kidding" is actually TWO words. I don't use j/k anyway...
But you said slashes cannot be used for ELLIPSES? An ellipse is like an oval. So I'm not seeing how a letter 'e' is an ellipse. If that's even what you meant.
b0cause???
lol- short for laugh out loud, often used as a nonsensical interjection.
example: these girls are hot lol. i think you are dumb lol. don't listen to this girl lol you are mad hot.
reason: it makes no sense. just say, haha. also, would you seriously say that you are laughing out loud in the sentences above? lollerskates and lollercoaster are pretty funny though.
I try to only use 'LOL' if something is *legitimately* funny. And I don't use it right in the middle of a sentence like that; there's at LEAST a comma to separate them.
I don't typically say "haha" because ... heh, I don't know. It just doesn't work so well for me.
And I don't say "lollerskates" and shit like that because I have a reputation.
/me in place of I- not sure what the fuck this is supposed to signify.
example: /me rims al and swallows juices (this is a real example, i did not make it up like the above).
reason: again, this makes no fucking sense. why can't you just say "i rim al and swallow juices" if you insist on doing that mmorpg talk? why the slash? *rims al and swallows juices* is also an acceptable substitute. the /me just sounds like idiotic enamored sixth grader txt talk.
Then allow me to explain.
In several chat programs, typing "/me" will post your user name over the chat window, in a different color text, indicating an actual event announcement rather than just usual text. That's why "/me" statements are always in the 3rd person.
If I said:
/me kicks Mike in the ass, then runs away, covering his head and screaming like a little bitch.
...That would be posted in a different color/style font, and it would say:
MXV kicks Mike in the ass, then runs away, covering his head and screaming like a little bitch.
So there's your /me.
/me feels proud to have set the record straight.
Edited to correct quote boxes
[Edited on Nov 21, 2005 by MXV]
Thistle
SUICIDEGIRL
California, USA
NOV 20, 2005 10:09 PM