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[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> Would they call someone who used the term "lol" a nut?
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I wouldn't think so, because "lol" is the standard spelling for the idea
it represents, and not an eccentric respelling being advocated to solve
a problem that either (doesn't exist) or (is practically speaking,
unsolveable).

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> > Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:38:00 -0600
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> >> Actually, with pronunciation changes should come spelling changes
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> >> well. No? Why not "laf" instead of "laugh"? This is working with
> >> what we have, not what we had centuries ago.
> >
> > Here's a good reason not to spell "laugh" as "laf" in written
> > communication:
> > People will think you are a nut.
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> > We used to have a secretary who would dot her lower-case i's with
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> > smiley faces. No one took her seriously on anything.
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