Wordie: Kawaii Headdesk: Comments

Comment by whichbe, 5 months ago

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:51:01 +0000

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:36:50 +0000

I've never seen it that way before, I guess it's a newer form that plays on the lolcats meme, like o hai.

Comment by tribblewing, about 1 year ago

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:22:33 +0000

Actually, it's kthnxbai, not 'bye'. I actually love these words; they're meant to be used facetiously, as a particularly ironic stylistic effect. Some of these belong on a l33t/1337 list.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:12:53 +0000

I haven't taught in ages, but I suspect I'd do the same. Thank heavens I haven't seen any manuscripts containing netspeak...yet.

Comment by AbraxasZugzwang, about 1 year ago

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:28:36 +0000

I've seen them used in a few papers. If I were teaching college level students back home, I would do the same najp.

On English teachers and netspeak

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 02:19:49 +0000

Some of us do understand it but still loathe it. I take the harsh route, and fail any paper containing net speak. No questions. No revisions. Just an F. I do warn them, of course.

I've not seen a u in place of you yet.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:55:59 +0000

Ew. One of many reasons I, despite loving language, decided not to teach it.

Comment by reesetee, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:20:17 +0000

I was reading a Washington Post article the other day about how these...um...creations are creeping into essays and other writing assignments. Not surprising, of course--but the point of the article was that even if teachers are willing to let them slide (and few are), they can't understand the damn things because most are old enough to have avoided this particular boil on the face of the English language.

Comment by chained_bear, about 1 year ago

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:43:08 +0000

No, you're not the only one who hates it. Though I have to admit, some of these are kind of neat in an in-joke sort of way. Not too many though.

Comment by uselessness, about 1 year ago

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:01:48 +0000

Oh GOSH. Can I be the only one who hates this stuff?

Comment by Kaichi, about 1 year ago

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:06:56 +0000

Here's another one I saw just a few days ago: "lool." I assume it's an elongated form of "lol," but I'm not really sure.