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Re: what is ALE?
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Date: 
Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:34:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

   In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Johannes Koehler wrote:
   How do you pronounce “LOL”? Better asked: Does anybody ever pronounce it? Ain’t www-acronyms like that only used in written communication?

Ya I think so, except in rare circumstances. But the question still comes up, how do you say it “in your head” when you’re reading it, even if you don’t voice it... I actually say LOL “loll” in my head, believe it or not, unlike IIRC...

What a strange person! Acros are to save time typing, neh? So, why wouldn’t one voice it out “in one’s head”? Whenever I read an acro, I unsuffit.

The voices in my head talk slowly, so that I can understand what they are saying... apparently yours don’t, and talk so fast that you’re getting garbled messages?

That certainly would explain a lot!

   Unless a person is too important and their time too valuable to take that extra nanosecond or two to do it? ;-)

Yep, that’s me all right...



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(...) Of all the people who *could* have responded to [JOHN], I knew you would be the first (if not the only) to chime in and say that. You're becoming too easy to read. Time to change your modus operandi... Rob (19 years ago, 7-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) What a strange person! Acros are to save time typing, neh? So, why wouldn't one voice it out "in one's head"? Whenever I read an acro, I unsuffit. Unless a person is too important and their time too valuable to take that extra nanosecond or (...) (19 years ago, 6-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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