I think the irony of lol belongs to one generation (younger than you or I). The use of lol by our generation is another layer of irony. The use of speech marks (especially as a gesture during speech) is non-ironic for some people, but we appropriated it (ironically).
So "'lol'" is a little knot of irony.
Streetshirts has a lovely webdesign. I like the little robot in the corner.
Lolcats using Foucault?!?
'Lollol'
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ReplyDelete(If I put speech marks and inverted commas around it, I tame it's irony, yes?)
Is lol ironic, or are the quotation marks?
ReplyDeleteI tried to post my tshirt design on www.streetshirts.co.uk but it would not link all the way through. Nevermind.
I think the irony of lol belongs to one generation (younger than you or I). The use of lol by our generation is another layer of irony. The use of speech marks (especially as a gesture during speech) is non-ironic for some people, but we appropriated it (ironically).
ReplyDeleteSo "'lol'" is a little knot of irony.
Streetshirts has a lovely webdesign. I like the little robot in the corner.
Check this out:
ReplyDeletehttp://images.google.co.uk/images?q=loltheorists