omg it's a mod contest GET IN THE CAR

[anaticulae]

Looks like the mods weren't too happy with this one. Oh well. Lotion in the basket and whatnot!

Comments

she was lo plain lo

[kvschwartz]

I think it cruel, plain cruel, to inflict the above passages without any sort of literary palliative, so I take unto myself to remedy this pustulent abhorrence with the following link:

http://www.randomhouse.com/features/nabokov/lo_excerpt.html

(BTW, this Hermione icon is far closer to how Nabokov actually describes Lo than is the Lo of either movie.)

Humbertilicious

[nyarhotep]

as strange as it sounds, it's really a page-turner

[kvschwartz]

What was "BBQ" supposed to mean? Also, who thought up this challenge? Because I want to sign him or her up for a bunch of spam sites.

[lackaday]

2nded

[zooeyglass03]

to whomever is responsible for response B: bravo! bravo!

[lackaday]

I dunno, I think in a hundred years stuff like this will be in the dictionary.

Language is changing all the time; I don't know why people resist, like it's "sacred" or somezing. Hm.

efficacy in communication

[nyarhotep]

i dunno - there's a difference between slang and readily accepted language. much of leet-speak, net-speak, what have you, is short-hand, truncations, abbreviations and initialisms. though, some of these articles do slide into the language, over time, the vast majority fall outta vogue as the speakers enter situations where communication trumps brevity. though i grant the language is permeable and shifts, i don't believe much of the above will enter the language as common parlance

however, i DO believe emoticons will gain more traction, in time, as they are so efficient in communicating subtleties in mood, e.g.: "I loved it ;)" is MUCH different than "I loved it XP" and both are more efficient than the current equivalent which demand context (eg. "I loved it, it was my favorite"; "I loved it, like a hole in my head")

Re: efficacy in communication

[smeddley]

You know, I have to admit that even though I detest chat-speak, I use emoticons frequently. Because it is so very easy for things to be taken the wrong way on the internet without the accompanying visual/audio clues of facial expressions/body language and vocal inflections...

It helps so you don't have to smooth ruffled feathers later.

Re: efficacy in communication

[lackaday]

Point taken, esp. about the emoticons. V. interesting thought.

Mostly wanted to convey (w/o being preachy?) that we needn't fear these trends, nah mean? Shouldn't language events "excite" us (as writers)? ;-)

Well they excite me, anyway, for what that's worth.

[nickherdt]

hmmm.....
Response D, dude!!! How clever is that? For all my ever so much practice with criting poetry and junk, I'm just too awed to even comment intellegently on this. k, with that little fangirl episode... XD

I love the way D combines the rap feel with chatspeak, it's got this nifty modern thing going in the best way, like spoken in visual form. you just....

"wooty-WOO \o\ \o\ \o\
/o/ /o/ /o/ So, chug down, and STFU U!"

make the coolest intersection of the two forms of popular, often abused by academicy and older sorts, verbal expression. and, I'm tired, I'll blame that for my lameness at explaining what rocks there. heh.

rawkage

[nyarhotep]

i'm glad you picked up on what i was trying to do; i wasn't sure if 'twas effective. ¡thanks!