Re: CHAT: Felis LOLensis
| From: | Mia Soderquist <happycritter@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 23, 2007, 12:39 |
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Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: CHAT: Felis LOLensis
> In a message dated 5/22/2007 11:10:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
> markjreed@MAIL.COM writes:
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>> I'm wondering if anyone has seen evidence of the "lolcat"/"cat macro"
>> phenomenon spreading outside of English-language environments? If so,
>> does the macro text retain the characteristic odd grammar?
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> What is this "lolcat"/"cat macro" you're talking about?
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> stevo </HTML>'
It is an Internet phenomenon-- pictures of cats with funny text. See:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/ , http://www.dropline.net/cats/
There's a little blog bit about lolcat-speak at
http://www.dashes.com/anil/2007/04/cats-can-has-gr.html