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Technology has chipped into cutting-edge schoolyard speak, writes John Mangan.
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Kids still pushing the linguistic envelope
News Type: Event — Seeded on Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:22 PM EST
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reports are filtering through that kids in eastern suburban playgrounds, while verbally interfacing in real time, have replaced physically laughing out loud with just saying "lol"
I had heard of this too! No point in laughing then if you can just say it!
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When kids say this, as they do quite frequently at school, I can't see it as a replacement for real laughter.
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