How ‘LOL’ Changed the Way We Talk
August 30, 2018
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as posted by the channel“Today, communication is much more fluid, much more varied, much subtler—it's better,” says John McWhorter, professor of linguistics at Columbia University, author, and frequent contributor to The Atlantic, in a new video from the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival. A big reason for this advancement in communication is, McWorter argues, the advent of texting—and even more specifically, the proliferation of the acronym “LOL.”
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