Cut it out >: (

As much as I do use internet -speak online (being lol wtf omg lmao woot or even pwn3d), I can't stand to hear it in person.

Seriously.
Cut it out.
Get a freaking life.


I couldn't believe my ears when the other day I heard a friend of mine actually say it..

"He got so powned"


I practically burst out laughing at him.

Please guys, for the love of the internet - dont use internet slang offline.
Its not cool.



Having said that, do any of you use it in every day language? I've heard "lol" and "w00t" before, and now even "pwned".

 

Some of my cousins say j/k ("jay slash kay") a lot. I does get a little old.

 

Agreed - it's an irritation when it's used offline. Same can be said of the very similar language of text-speak which now has an alarming propensity in the GCSE English exam answers of British school kids. The mind boggles.

 

Your friends were using the language... hmmm Saying it offline is just umm, hard to imagine really

 

I've heard someone go lol before
i was like wwwwwwwtf

 

I use lol, wtf, zomg, ffs and gl hf a LOT when i'm around right kind of friends. Never with stranger though... cuz that would sound just silly

 

Just clocked up your 1k posts - well done.

 

nice one!!

 

It would be nice if people, all of a sudden, would have the desire to learn to comunicate properly, instead of relying on internet speak. I think our society would actually be a better place without it all together.

 

i heard some use 'wtf' once lol

 

hahah i try not to.... i think i let an lol slip out in real convo, but only after i had been on my comp iming for like 4 hours straight.
alot of my friends say 'jay kay' all the time
but thats about it

 

Well, lets have 2 milestones in this thread then.. this is my 777'th post ^_^
Had my 666'th post not a week ago, can't wait to make it to 1k finally..

But seriously, stop using internet slang.

I heard my girlfriend say 'w00t'.. I was scared.

 

I think I'll start verbalizing smilies in real world conversations. Instead of giving a super big grin, I will just say "colon capital D" with digital emotion. If something sad occurs I will say "colon left parenthesis".

And if someone says LOL, JK or owned, I will shout out "Greater than colon left parenthesis" and scratch a href=http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=309290 into their arm with a rusty thumbtack.

 

Maybe it is a little irratating, but man, lighten up a little Francis

 

Dude I always tell my friends that I am a l337 h4x0r and that they are nothing but a silly n00b.

 

like "lol" is being use now like an official language!

 

Leet Hacker is fine, and newb *is* more than just internet talk :/
As long as you dont say I'm a one three three seven h four x zero r and that they are nothing but a silly n zero zero b.. its fine =P

 

i think they are now part of our life. i know using them offline dosent seems ok as most of the people dont know about those slang terms but i think you should aware others ....

 

Well i use ir oflline becouse my friend know about this and it's easyer ....

 

I never use internet slang offline, most people would be like, wtf??? If i did use it, they wouldn't know what I was on about