"troll" -- an English Internet term enters German

[Mark Mandel]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Chris Waigl <chris at lascribe.net> wrote:
>
> - There is considerable doubt about the authenticity of the forum post
> that has been attributed to the shooter. Just saying.
>

>From the International Herald Tribune story:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/12/europe/germany.php?page=1
>
> The Internet posting at 2:46 a.m. on Wednesday in the chatroom, called krautchan.net, seemed to hint at the frustrating possibility that the police could have prevented the attack had they gotten the information earlier. "I would not rule it out," Hetger said.
>
> But the police found out about the posting only after the attack, when a young Bavarian man, identified only as "Bernd," saw the chatroom message and told his father, who contacted the police.
>
> Bernd's initial response to the information in the chat room was "LOL," online shorthand for "laughing out loud." Kretschmer later typed a message online that he was "just kidding," and the request: "not a word to the police."
>
> The Web site later posted a message saying that it thought the exchange was a hoax, but The Associated Press reported that a police spokesman, Klaus Hinderer, said, "We are completely convinced of the veracity of the post."

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