txt abrvs in speech?

[Amy West]

I thought the original inquiry was for published research.

My 13-year-old used to drive me nuts by actually saying "loll" for
LOL out loud in speech/conversation. I use the term conversation very
loosely as he's very much like Zippy and likes to just say random
things.

(Unfortunately he's not a pinhead nor does he have any other
diagnosis other than teenagehood.)

---Amy West

>Date:    Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:05:37 -0400
>From:    Neal Whitman <nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET>
>Subject: Re: txt abrvs in speech?
>
>I've heard of LOL being used in the plural, as in doing something "for
>lols." In particular there was an article about Internet trolls that
>mentioned this. Urban Dictionary gives some examples that could be spoken:
>
>Used when something is too funny to deserve only one lol.
>Person #1: My Grandmother was savaged by wolves today
>Person #2: Lols, sounds fun.
>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lols
>
>Neal

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