OT: txt abrvs in speech? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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I think she is referring to Bill Griffith's strip "Zippy the Pinhead"
(who does often say what seems to be random utterings), not Scott and
Borgman's "Zits" (which does feature a teenager).

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> At 3/30/2010 08:46 AM, Amy West wrote:
> >I thought the original inquiry was for published research.
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> >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.
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> >(Unfortunately he's not a pinhead nor does he have any other
> >diagnosis other than teenagehood.)
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> Turn the (comics) page -- not Zippy but Zits.
> Joel
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