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Re: Literacy

Posted By: Adam Bomb, on host 129.237.26.4
Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2001, at 10:00:41
In Reply To: Literacy posted by Eric Sleator on Tuesday, December 4, 2001, at 07:42:51:

> You know, people very often say that AOL is populated by illiterate morons, but that's not true. If you pop into an AOL chat room for even just a minute you can see the strong influence of e e cummings in virtually every member.
>
> -Eric "And Prince as well - U R the 1 4 Me" Sleator
> Tue 4 Dec A.D. 2001

I theorize that AOL Instant Messenger was the birthplace of all those internet acronyms such as "IMHO", "BRB", "ROTFL" and what have you.

ANDWAHT ABOT TH|S 733t HaxOr L4NGUAEG IM SEEING THRUOGHTOUT HTIS \/\/3BSTIE it is lam3 nd weidr!!!1LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!~~~~1

Adam "Hmmm...not bad for a first try" Bomb

Replies To This Message

Re: Literacy - SilverMoon - Tue, 12/4/2001, 13:39:21
- Re: Literacy - 10Kan - Wed, 12/5/2001, 09:22:40
  - Re: Literacy - codeman38 - Wed, 12/5/2001, 11:41:26
- Re: Literacy - Fuzzpilz - Wed, 12/5/2001, 04:21:43
- Re: Literacy - Adam Bomb - Tue, 12/4/2001, 14:00:07
Re: Literacy - Darien - Tue, 12/4/2001, 10:18:36
- Re: Literacy - wintermute - Wed, 12/5/2001, 05:30:14
- Re: Literacy - Adam Bomb - Tue, 12/4/2001, 10:20:21
  - Re: Literacy - Fuzzpilz - Tue, 12/4/2001, 11:31:49
    - Re: Literacy - Hiri - Tue, 12/4/2001, 15:00:24

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Message:	> > You know, people very often say that AOL is populated by illiterate morons, but that's not true. If you pop into an AOL chat room for even just a minute you can see the strong influence of e e cummings in virtually every member. > > > > -Eric "And Prince as well - U R the 1 4 Me" Sleator > > Tue 4 Dec A.D. 2001 > > I theorize that AOL Instant Messenger was the birthplace of all those internet acronyms such as "IMHO", "BRB", "ROTFL" and what have you. > > ANDWAHT ABOT TH\|S 733t HaxOr L4NGUAEG IM SEEING THRUOGHTOUT HTIS \/\/3BSTIE it is lam3 nd weidr!!!1LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!~~~~1 > > Adam "Hmmm...not bad for a first try" Bomb
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