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#1 User is offline   gwnn 

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Posted 2008-July-07, 20:03

Do you use "lol" in live speech? Irregardless of your first answer, do you consider using "lol" in live speech dorky?
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Posted 2008-July-07, 20:04

no. yes.
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Posted 2008-July-07, 20:16

No and definitely.
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Posted 2008-July-07, 20:50

No, I just laugh, and Yes, I would think the person was not only dorky, but nuts.
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Posted 2008-July-07, 20:57

I use LOL in speech but not lol.
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Posted 2008-July-07, 21:00

No, but I can remember it has come up in conversations with friends..
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Posted 2008-July-08, 03:39

Only when I talk about painting in Hungarian. Otherwise it's definitely dorky.
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Posted 2008-July-08, 03:44

I've nearly said it a few times, but so far I've always been able to catch myself just in time :P
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Posted 2008-July-08, 03:46

No (at least I don't think so, might have come up once or twice) and no.
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Posted 2008-July-08, 04:06

Jlall, on Jul 7 2008, 09:16 PM, said:

No and definitely.

I don't believe you, JLol

I must admit I once thought "lol" - never outright said it. Consider me mind-dorky, then.

However I've said "OMFG" (or was it "Umff" or "Oommf"?) one or ten times during my goalkeeping days, when I was hit hard in certain parts of the body.
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Posted 2008-July-08, 07:26

Would that be the same dork that says "quote-unquote" and uses 2 fingers of each hand to "make" the marks as he is saying the word? :)
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Posted 2008-July-08, 16:33

I have a friend who says 'BRB' and find it kind of amusing.

'LOL' though is just dumb because obviously you aren't laughing.
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Posted 2008-July-08, 16:38

kfay, on Jul 8 2008, 05:33 PM, said:

'LOL' though is just dumb because obviously you aren't laughing.

And how often are you actually laughing out loud when writing LOL? :lol: (Yeah, I'm winking now)
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Posted 2008-July-08, 16:39

"And then we sat down opposite a couple of LOL's and they cleaned our clocks."

Other than that usage a definite "NO" and a definite "YES".
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Posted 2008-July-09, 04:45

I wouldn't use lol in actual speech, I'd laugh instead!

View Postwyman, on 2012-May-04, 09:48, said:

Also, he rates to not have a heart void when he leads the ♥3.


View Postrbforster, on 2012-May-20, 21:04, said:

Besides playing for fun, most people also like to play bridge to win


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Posted 2008-July-09, 09:19

I frequently say "WTF" in person.
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Posted 2008-July-14, 10:41

Yeah, me too, Paul, but that's because I work telephone support (which means, by definition, there are a lot of 'WTF' moments), and if a client one of my colleagues is helping heard me use the expanded version, I might get fired.

OTOH, the best part of my job is that I don't support end-users; the people calling me are expected to have admin-quality computer knowledge. So they're quality 'WTF' moments...
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Posted 2008-July-14, 10:43

You actually say doubleyou tee eff?
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Posted 2008-July-14, 10:54

Well, I commonly say "...the ffff"?

but I've always liked the linux command "wtf is wtf".
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Posted 2008-July-15, 10:16

I frequently say "double" when I disagree with someone. Gets some strange looks from non bridgeplayers
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