How the Internet Is Changing Language

Ant writes "BBC News reports on how the internet is changing language. What was once understandable only to the tech savvy has become common. From the article: 'To Google' has become a universally understood verb and many countries are developing their own Internet slang. But is the Web changing language and is everyone up to speed?'"

LOL

[ShakaUVM]

LOL.

And yeah, I've heard people say it IRL. I've also heard people say IRL IRL.

Surely..

[zmollusc]

'How teh intartubez are changing how ppl speak' ?

Re:what about

[aquabat]

d0 57upid 7r4|\|5147i0|\| 14|\|gu4g35 (0u|\|7?

\/\/|-|y |\|07?

The "Internet"?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is that thing still around?

I are in ur brainz

[jez9999]

... changing ur langwigez!

Re:1337

[Anonymous Coward]

Modded you insightful, but I realized that I've been using DEADBEEF, C00FEEBABE, FEEDFACE, and other magic numbers in my code.

Re:what about

[ducomputergeek]

Yes, there is a perl module for that.

What about television?

[PolygamousRanchKid]

Go back 50 years, and you will probably find the same commentary about television. How it was spreading new terms and speech patterns and what not.

It's funny, though. I tried to Google for articles, posts and blogs about this from 50 years ago, and didn't find anything.

Were people back 50 years ago too lazy to post crap on the Internet . . . ?

Re:what about

[derGoldstein]

Yes, there is a perl module for that.

I'm pretty sure that --
d0 57upid 7r4|\|5147i0|\| 14|\|gu4g35 (0u|\|7?
is valid perl6. You don't need a module.

Re:Keyboards

[MichaelSmith]

What other transpositions or artifacts of keyboard usage can /. come up with?

*^#%@#NO CARRIER

I hate^h^h^h^hlike this

ITS LIKE SHOUTING

h tee tee pee colon slash slash slash dot dot org

The internet made you stupid

[RivenAleem]

Reminded me of this: http://i.imgur.com/MFEQB.jpg [imgur.com]

Re:Slashdot

[Anonymous Coward]

??

... Profit!

Re:LOL

[RulerOf]

My uncle and I were talking once and he wanted to be discreet, so he said "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot."

....which kinda made me LOL.

Re:what about

[RulerOf]

===SORRY!===

Confused at line 1, near "d0 57upid "

You need to get the lastest nightly build. That code starts a loop that churns out nonstop images from memegenerator.net.

Re:No.

[oodaloop]

Right right. Real horrorshow malenky like, these vesches are with the slobos. Like to go all ultraviolence on their litsos til the tolchoks make their rots all skorry like. You viddy?

Re:LOL

[minasoko]

I regularly say "teh" instead of "the" when speaking...

Looking at your id, I'm expecting that most people you speak to mistake this behaviour for dementia.

Re:To google..

[locallyunscene]

Your gugurikata is impressive, but it is no match for my google-fu.