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    troubalex
    wrote on 25 Mar 2011, 15:53 last edited by
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    There. It's official now. LOL is accepted British English.

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/people-officially-say-lol-out-loud.ars

    On a side note: a certain teenager around me has been using it in spoken language for quite a while now, to the point where I don't even cringe anymore.

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      giesbert
      wrote on 25 Mar 2011, 15:57 last edited by
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      Wow, interesting...
      What will come next? ROFL?

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        troubalex
        wrote on 25 Mar 2011, 15:58 last edited by
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        IMHO?
        OMG is really hard to pronounce...

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          dangelog
          wrote on 25 Mar 2011, 18:40 last edited by
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          !http://gallery.koroded.net/d/453-1/roflcopter.gif!

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            qtrahul
            wrote on 26 Mar 2011, 14:13 last edited by
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            Good trick peppe,,,

            How did you do this ???

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              giesbert
              wrote on 26 Mar 2011, 14:13 last edited by
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              It's an animated gif

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                troubalex
                wrote on 27 Mar 2011, 11:04 last edited by
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                According to mentioned teenager the next word to follow is "fail". I wonder if someone will find a way to pronounce "#" too...

                !http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/520e40a6-1efe-40a4-9317-4eab50eb9d2c.jpg(Batman Fail)!

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                  ZapB
                  wrote on 31 Mar 2011, 10:46 last edited by
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                  [quote author="peppe" date="1301078417"]!http://gallery.koroded.net/d/453-1/roflcopter.gif![/quote]

                  Ah how I miss playing WarCraft 3. What a great game.

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