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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.
And yeah, I've heard people say it IRL. I've also heard people say IRL IRL.
'How teh intartubez are changing how ppl speak' ?
They whose government reduces their essential liberties for temporary security, receive neither liberty nor security.
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A republic cannot succeed till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.
Is that thing still around?
... changing ur langwigez!
== Jez ==
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Modded you insightful, but I realized that I've been using DEADBEEF, C00FEEBABE, FEEDFACE, and other magic numbers in my code.
Yes, there is a perl module for that.
"The problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money" - Thatcher.
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 . . . ?
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Yes, there is a perl module for that.
I'm pretty sure that --
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is valid perl6. You don't need a module.
Entomologically speaking, the spider is not a bug, it's a feature.
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
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Reminded me of this: http://i.imgur.com/MFEQB.jpg
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... Profit!
===SORRY!===
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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?
Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
Your gugurikata is impressive, but it is no match for my google-fu.