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To "prolly" or not...
(PENMART01) wrote in
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> DuhWayne BoatNewbie writes:
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>>Does anyone actually verbalize the "word" *prolly*, or just type it?
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>>"Prolly" sounds like babytalk, and is really just too "cute". I think
>>it sounds idiotic coming from an adult.
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>>What do you folks think?
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> I think you're a newbie... in fact I *know* you're a newbie... and
> from reading this thread you are FAR from alone.
>
> "prolly" is net-speak tantamount to emoticons; sometimes a response to
> indicate someone asked a silly question but much more often used when
> one is conveying a point/opinion in cyber conversation that is meant
> in a light hearted/jocular manner, is not to be taken seriously...
> *means the subject is moot, let's move on*... is not something worth
> wasting keystrokes arguing, and certainly not a difference of opinion
> that is worth the risk of trashing an otherwise valuable cyber
> relationship... an example of terminology that evolved so that folks
> can embue the feeling of a personal hand written letter to the typed
> business letter format of computers.
I've never noticed you using it. Your "fercockteh" language, yes, but
not this.
> Yes, you are definitely a NEWBIE.. no prolly about it... you probably
> use correct anatomical terms in the bedroom too, not that it matters
> much since there's only you.
As you often are, you are quite wrong. Not that you'd know or care, but
I've been on the Internet and reading and posting to newsgroups since
before personal computers existed.
Wayne
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