internet abbreviations??
You know - words like 'lol' and 'brb' and 'gtg'. I'm just curious as to what different people actually hear inside their heads when they see the words on the screen.
For example, when someone types the word 'lol', I actually say "lol" inside my head, whereas with 'gtg', I hear the words "got to go", but strung together really quickly like "gottago". I put together a brief list of the way I say words. I was just wondering you you say them:
Lol = lol
Brb = Brrrb
gtg = Gottago
imho = In my humble opinion
j/k = sometimes 'joking', sometimes 'just kidding', sometimes 'J.K'
roflmfao = roff=ell-maff-ow
stfu = stuff-you (said really really quickly)
n00b = N-oooooo-b
So..... how do YOU say?
When I see them, I usually say what they stand for.
Well, I was never really quite clear on "lol"... I never really knew if it meant "laughing out loud", or "lots of love".... maybe I'm just stupid.
Some of these acronyms, I have absolutely no clue what they mean.... I can't think of any specific one, but I see a lot of them on IRC.
yeah - I'm kind of confused about lol myself (although I find 'laughs' is more common than 'love' (?))
There are also some acronyms that I don't know - others that just took me ages to figure out. I think most of them are just so stupid. People who type whole messages using acronyms should be shot.
what I hear inside my hea when I see these words on the screen?
"KILL! KILL! KILL!"
I never got it with internet abbreviations. They just annoy me. Like some idiot trying to sound cute by saying "lolllllllzzzzzzz!!!!!11!!" every second line. Then they make some stupid excuse about how "in the fast world of the internet" it takes less time to type in abbreviations. Yeah sure, you can save a few seconds by typing "lolllllllzzzzzzz!!!!!11!!" instead of refraining from touching the keyboard till you have something useful to say.
hahahah...I sounded like Maddox there for a few seconds. Ok, with the abreviations I usually hear it in letters, like brb would be B-R-B and gtg would be G-T-G
I feel compelled to mention that STFU may be interpreted that way politely, it commonly stands for Shut the F__K Up.
imho = in my honest opinion, no? :-X
Well... All your answers are here (http://www.acronymfinder.com/)...
IMHO= in my HUMBLE opinon
:D
I don't use shorthands much, I only ever used brb, lol,imho and gtg. Others I jsut spelled out, like If I Remember Correctly and Talk To You Later. Those are ugly when abbreviated.
Actually IMHO is either 'Honest' or 'Humble', I think of it as 'Honest' in my head. (but if I use it I usually drop the 'H' and just leave it as 'IMO' [which could also be mistaken for 'In Memory Of'])
When I see 'LOL' I think "League Of Losers", cause that's what you are.
ROTFLMFAO and the like are the most pathetic acronyms I've ever heard, I'm glad I don't see it often around here. and I don't think of how to say it cause I just ignore it, and think "LOL"
If it was "honest" then IMNSHO doesn't make all that much sense.
Typed messages are so impersonal that people feel the need to convey their 'attitude' by using these abbreviations (or the emoticons).
The only one I REALLY can't stand is LOL.
LOL = lahl
I can't stand when it's used at the end of statements. "So I decided to do it myself lol"
I think the reason I hate this so much is because I HATE, HATE, HATE, and CAN'T STAND when people do that nervous giggle after saying something, "I went to the store, hehehe". "I needed a break, hehe" It drives me up the effin' wall. LOL comes across that way because it's usually put after a statement.
Now, if somebody says [types] something really funny, LOL is okay as a response, because it lets them know you're actually laughing at what they said.
LOL, when used wrong, is as annoying as this rediculous leet speak shit that's so popular these days.
~ d
LOL = laugh out loud
I have to say that most internet speak drives me nuts. Lol especially, because it's often used, as Darth pointed out, in such a stupid way.
I'm guilty of writing 'btw' instead of 'by the way' all the time but I had a bit of a think about it and I think my problem is with abbreviations that, when expanded, wouldn't be naturally said anyway.
I mean, wouldn't it look extra stupid if someone said, "Wow, you're funny, laughing out loud!". I certainly think so. If I have to communicate my laughter, I just write "haha" or "hehehe!" or something. I think it sounds much more natural.
While we're on the subject, another pet hate on top of my list is people not bothering to properly type the thousands of exclamation points they use, eg. "omGLOL!!!11!!!!!!!!1111111"
If you must over-use exclamation points, how hard is it to keep your finger on the shift key for one second?
IMHO and btw, etc (and etc I guess!) don't really bother me because expanded into their normal form, they'd make sense in the conversation.
Oh, and ROFL is another one that's just as, if not more annoying than LOL.
As for how I read them in my head:
lol = L O L (I just pronounce the letters)
rofl = roffle
btw = by the way
imho = in my honest opinion
brb = B R B
j/k = Sometimes "joke", sometimes "just kidding"...
nOOb = noob
To be honest, I've -never- heard of 'stfu' before.
It's rare that I read anything as though somebody was saying it, which means I generally don't "hear" anything in my mind. I tend to treat certain common abbreviations as symbols of their own, though of course with the usual meanings, connotations and undertones attached to them as with any real word. [And the H is, and always has been, "humble".]
Yes, the H has always been humble, and I figured out "STFU" the first day i saw it...years ago. And yeah, it is extremely annoying when people use "lol" at the end and beginning and middle of every damn sentence. My friend Courtney and ex-g/f Sara do that and it's annoying as hell. "I just went out lol" - "Yeah lol so how was your day lol"
Like STFU!!!
lol = l-o-l
rofl = roffle
lmao = lamaho
brb = b-r-b
gtg = G-to-G
btw = bitiwee
n00b = Nooob
j/k = Juk
IMHO = Imaho
rotflmfao = rotflomaho
wtf = Wuhtuhfuh?!?
I only use lol if I'm pretending to be amusing by something that I'm not really amused by, usually.
I think wuhtuhfuh is so cool. I say it all the time.
I say roffle with my friends [as in ROFL] when we make stupid jokes that we know aren't funny we say "ROFFLE ROFFLE!" and slap out knees. Usually the Roffling gets out of hand and soon we're saying "ROBBLE ROBBLE!" and we end up burglering a lot of ham...
Before I knew the meaning of the abbreviation, I used to read IMHO as "I'm a ho'."
I don't mind leetspeak, but I suppose I'm just used to it due to the Helms and Ghormaks of teh AGS worldLOLORZZZOMGROTFLMAOLOLOLLLOLLO!!!!!1111
Of course, they just use it ironically.. People who think it's cool to do it should be fed to lions.
Wait what? You guys say "noob" (nube) instead of (newbie)? Anyway that's what it looks like you wrote.
btw = By the way I tried to say
I'd be there... waiting for
Dani the girl
is singing songs to me
Beneath the marquee... overload
Steak Knife Caro Shark
Con Job Boot Cut
Skin that flick
She's such a little DJ
Get there quick
By street but not the freeway
turn that trick
to make a little leeway
Beat that nic
But not the way that we play
Dog Town Blood Bath
Rib Cage Soft Tail
-OSC
Quote from: Sluggo on Tue 23/03/2004 21:44:32
Wait what? You guys say "noob" (nube) instead of (newbie)? Anyway that's what it looks like you wrote.
Yes. Well, me, anyway, and I'm guess most people are the same. Of course the
real word is newbie, but n00b IS written as just 'nube' as you say, so that's how I pronounce it.
I just have problem with forum names. Like I've always said Two-ma-Two and such. Heh, and I call LGM, LGM in real life. He doesnt like it.
Evil: But didn't you know him before AGS?
wtf?= I either read this as "wuh-tuh-fuh?" or "Doubleyou Tee Eff, Mate?" said in a very bad Australian accent.
lol= loll, as in "1 : to hang loosely or laxly : DROOP 2 : to act or move in a lax, lazy, or indolent manner : LOUNGE" I've just always put the word and the acronym together in my head.
omg= similar to wtf, I pronounce this "oh-muh-guh"
stfu= pronounced Stuff you
rtfm= ree-tuh-fum
Now here's a question: do you pronounce it Ay Gee Ess or ags?
Heh, yes I knew him before AGS. He's actually the one who brought me here. But I talk to him more often online then in person.
aye gee ess, dragonrose
there's this lecture from the head of NaughtyDog about game graphics and it's really good except he kept saying "And the graphics on the SNEZZ were such and such..." and I was like SNEZZ? WTF?!?! OMG!! He means the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the ES EN EE ES! NOT SNEZZ!! OMG OMG LOL WHAT A NEWB!! OMG
kthnx
haha! I know exactly what collossal means.
Snezz is such a dirty word, it should be killed. I mean, it doesn't sound nice, it's not even easy to say!! Just... snezzzzzzzzz. urgh! so revolting.
as for lol and such, I only use it with certain people. For example, some people I talk to on msn piss me off, so I sp34k l33t to them all the time. you know:
lollz!wtf?omgomg!roflmfao!noob!whatanoob!lool!hehehe! I'm l33ter dan u! I h8 ur Daddy-O!
and they say the same thing back, and they think they're so cool for being able to use acronyms. They do not realise how stupid it looks. And then they go ahead and add me to their buddy list. I mean - WTF?
Another thing I really REALLY hate is "heheheheheh!" That, my friends is a GIGGLE! grrr. It bugs the hell out of me when people giggle. I feel like slapping their buttocks with a mace. A simple "haha!" shall suffice: it let's the other person know you are laughing, without being all girly about it, and it saves you typing about 12 extra characters... Actually, I would prefer someone to 'lol' me than 'hehehehehehehehehehehehe' me...
EDIT: What's rtfm, DragonRose?
Read the Fucking Manual
:o
...........well then.........
???
I answered the question you asked DragonRose.
lol @ ur rply OSC b4 ll ths. Rofl @ cuz I ddn' no bout ths thrd had 2 pgs! wtf? IMN, dis thredz 4 da main r3a5onz bout y ppl do l33t n y mos peeps luv 2 do it. Jeez whnvr I C a p3rs0n d0 thz thingz I lwayz go n'to a stte ov shok!
Ov cours, mny o' my fr13nds du thoz ACRs. Sumtmz I jst cn't hndle it cuz isz stpid n I jst yell @ thm sayn "Jeez, man! Wtf iz w/ u n ur lttl l33p stuff?" Thn I get wrnd up 2 lke 60 n thn I sgn off.
Quote from: Esseb on Wed 24/03/2004 01:28:26
I answered the question you asked DragonRose.
yeah... I got that..... I could see how it could me misinterpreted. I was just kind of stunned... it seems kinda harsh... I mean, it's practical yes, but harsh.
grrr @ releasethefrogs.
I spent 15 minutes reading that! i love you.
...read the rulez (http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=5046) please:
Quote
5. You are using a computer keyboard, not a mobile phone pad - use it as such, as that saves us from deciphering what the hell it is you're trying to say. "i c you are 2 kool 4 me" style writing will result in you being beaten repeatedly with a sharp stick.
Ow! *smack!* That stick *smack* is sharp!
It was just a *smack!* joke! ;)
Aaah! I have a *smack* sunburn! Ooch!
QuoteRead the RULEZ
Quote"i c you are 2 kool 4 me" style writing will result in you being beaten repeatedly with a sharp stick.
Isn't that a little hypocritical?
If it was deliberate then I get the point, but isn't it a little unfair to be "getting someone else in trouble for it" at the same time?
lol?
STFU. (http://www.stfu.se)
ummm....
thank you....?
EDIT: Was that directed at me, or was it just general?
Quote from: Indiana Psychonaut on Tue 23/03/2004 20:18:16
I only use lol if I'm pretending to be amusing by something that I'm not really amused by, usually.
Haha! I fucking knew it!
But anyway:
lol - el oh el
rofl - roffle, natch
roflmao - Roflamaroo
lmao - elma-aoh
wtf - double-you tee eff
stfu - stuh the furoo
omg - oh my goh!
omfg - oh my fugoh!
n00b - Noob. I don't elongate it, or anything. I suck.
rtfm - rage the fucking machine (I don't know, either)
1337 - Leet, boringly.
For quite some time I read 1337 as 'onethousandthreehundredandthirtyseven'. I did it deliberately in my head of course, but I never knew why.
I have to stand up for this one ^_^
I'm an enormous fan of the SNES, it's my all-time favourite console (maybe next to the Dreamcast) and I say "snes" (not "snez"). Saying S N E S sounds weird to me but of course, I wouldn't mind if people did that. I just don't spell it out because it takes too long, but I think whichever way is fine. I think abbreviations are always pronounced one of those two ways - spelled out or read out.
Like, personally, I saw A G S, not ags. I never thought about it before but I suppose there would be some people that say ags.
It's all cool, man!
I'm quilty of a bit of internet abbriviation. I use lol, and g2g (Much like gtg), but THAT'S IT. I swear, I'm one of the only people I talk to on MSN or AIM that use real grammar and punctuation in their chats.