I find it kind of funny that whoever wrote this doesn't quite understand all the references they are trying to explain.
I find it annoying that the author states etymologies as fact which are specifically untraceable. This is in fact a problem in general with etymologies. One chap takes a quick look at the commonly accepted origin of something and puts it in an article and then it gets copied through history regardless of accuracy. The worst part is that its people who love words that perpetuate these inaccuracies because they reeeally want to believe there is one easily accessible truth
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I really appreciated that article...I guess I'm getting old, because I don't follow the forum subcultures as much as I used to, so, for me, this whole lolcats business just sort of sprang up over night and I just didn't get it. Like, I get that it's funny, but I don't really get why. And it's not so much the grammar and spelling, just...why, you know?
I feel like my grandfather must feel when he hears "the rap music."
But that article was pretty interesting, and it helps the whole phenomenon make a little more sense to me. *shrug* Lolcats just isn't for me, I guess.
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I find it annoying that the author states etymologies as fact which are specifically untraceable. This is in fact a problem in general with etymologies. One chap takes a quick look at the commonly accepted origin of something and puts it in an article and then it gets copied through history regardless of accuracy. The worst part is that its people who love words that perpetuate these inaccuracies because they reeeally want to believe there is one easily accessible truth ( ... )
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I feel like my grandfather must feel when he hears "the rap music."
But that article was pretty interesting, and it helps the whole phenomenon make a little more sense to me. *shrug* Lolcats just isn't for me, I guess.
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