LOLyrf


OMG I totully get that Tashan is gonna b hip n hott n awsumz but y wont u spll properli?

It makz u look dumz.

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Bollywood said…
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April 08, 2008 1:22 PM
ggop said…
What next? Dialogues in SMS ese?
Or subtitles :-)

Its a malaise I tell you. I often shudder reading email from the under 25 crowd in India.
April 08, 2008 1:27 PM
theBollywoodFan said…
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April 08, 2008 1:39 PM
veracious said…
God bless creative spelling. But then, who's more biased than me regarding this movie?
April 08, 2008 2:46 PM
Beth Loves Bollywood said…
I'm not sure how I feel about appealing to the SMS lowest common grammatical/writing denominator. I sort of hate it, but I also understand (and enjoy) that language is an ever-changing medium etc. I also understand that abbreviations have their place when one is typing on tiny keys or using a number pad, but otherwise they grate. I think of them as a tool that has certain understandable and reasonable but very limited uses. I wonder if the promotional use of these terms is winking or sincere? Personally I like winking humor, but earnest use in a very professional context when your audience is not solely 17-year-olds is questionable. I'm certainly glad it's not my decision to make.

That said, I do enjoy LOLcats because I've always assumed they're sarcastic - if perhaps played out by now. The genius thing about them is that the text is so contained and constrained: it's not paragraphs, just a sentence at most. I've often considered some filmi LOL captions. On my post about a Tashan outfit at Bollywood Fugly, maybe I should have written: "Suspenderz: ur doin it wrong."
April 08, 2008 3:49 PM
Banno said…
i knowz. it sux.
April 09, 2008 8:22 AM
Memsaab said…
I hate this whole SMS speak. Or LOL speak. Whatever. It annoys me everywhere. I am glad I am old :-)
April 09, 2008 10:00 AM
Beth Loves Bollywood said…
Yay old!

Recently I was chatting with a colleague who has just graduated from college. We were talking about music and without thinking I said "I remember that song from college. Lord I'm old." He replied "How old are you?" I said "33" and he said "OMG, no way, I thought you were like 27 - you're so lively."
April 09, 2008 10:10 AM
Bollywood said…
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April 09, 2008 1:17 PM
Anonymous said…
This is what happens when fogies gang up with the clueless to try and act all hip. On the other hand, at least they didn't call it "Teh Ishtory" or "Teh Muzak" and substitute cute kitties instead of the stars. OMG, somebody with photoshop skillz should do that!

Please?
April 10, 2008 2:47 AM
Beth Loves Bollywood said…
I have some photoship skills! I'll try it :)
April 10, 2008 8:08 AM
Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said…
rofl- im glad i am hitting the "wow still so lively" age soon.
I wonder if I will be more or less lively....:D
April 10, 2008 2:11 PM
Anonymous said…
Looks like they ishpelt "the Phenz" wrong .. tut tut .. at least be consistent :-P
April 11, 2008 3:51 AM
Anne O'Nymous said…
They could have hired a grammarian to explain how dumb this would look in two years. Instead, the money was spent on hooking up Kareena Kapoor with Cher's surgeons so she could have a few ribs removed. Either that, or the money was used to keep her locked in a gym with cocaine and fierce bodyguards who would not feed her or let her off the cardio machines for a few months.

(filing down points of eyeteeth...)
April 20, 2008 4:48 PM
Beth Loves Bollywood said…
Shweta, I have every confidence you will remain lively.

-ramchandra- - Brilliant!

Anne - Leave the teeth! I like them! But please never compare my beloved Bebo to Cher ever again. Ewwwww. But anyway, yeah, everyone should get to eat, especially when they dance for part of their livelihood.
April 20, 2008 8:37 PM
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April 23, 2008 6:44 AM
plutosangel said…
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April 23, 2008 6:46 AM
Anu said…
OMG LOL! i'm watching the movie this weekend and I cannot stop lol-ing in anticipation. dis moviez gonna be godawful (i cant think of a totally cool word for that).
May 22, 2008 2:10 AM
Beth Loves Bollywood said…
I still haven't seen it. And if the "godawful" shoe fits, I say wear it! :)
May 22, 2008 8:49 AM
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