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[-] amotio@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

We live in Czechia and my SO is teacher in local school. She asked a 6th grade girl what she wants to draw today and she literally responded "IDK". It's kind off weird how internet slang is slowly merging in everyday IRL vocabulary.

[-] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 11 points 4 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 4 months ago

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

[-] amotio@lemmy.world 3 points 4 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

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

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

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 points 4 months ago

I mean it's kinda same when people say www instead of world wide web, even though the word has less syllable than the letter

[-] Tower@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago
[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 1 points 4 months ago

I didn't learn that www stood for world wide web until I was 19

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 3 points 4 months ago

There will be a generation that didn't know lol stand for laugh out loud but will lol along.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

as in "aye dee kay", or simply saying "i dunno" in english despite being in czech school?

I remember around 2015 people were saying ell oh ell

[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Like when people say "LOL"? It's so fucking weird to me

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