More on LOLCats: It Is Creole, Not Pidgin
Awl friend Anil Dash explains why we get all those Google alerts for things like "i luv awl my friendeses cats." LANGUAGE!
Awl friend Anil Dash explains why we get all those Google alerts for things like "i luv awl my friendeses cats." LANGUAGE!
My browser still asks, "Did you mean 'theowl.com'?"
So perhaps it's not Creole, but Pigeon.
that's a hoot
OMG LOL is /lol/, just one syllable?
mah pronunseeashin. iz rong.
OH but I TOtally identified this silliness as a creole.
Like Mariah Carey, I give my awl.
Well, I don’t know, but speaking as someone with an actual linguistics degree, which quite likely makes me a linguist, this is something else A. Dash got wrong. I understand he’s just reporting what his sources said, but then he went off script and made things worse.
It goes without saying he’ll have the last word.
Wouldn't want to disappoint ya, Joe! Looks like I got it backwards in the video — my original post I thought it was a pidgin, not a creole. Your expertise and corrections are quite welcome, though I'm not sure it matters that much, because really we're just talking about cat pictures.