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oh, hai  At icanhascheezburger.com, pictures of cats and other animals are captioned to humorous effect. Most of you have probably seen lolcats pics, and, like me, have spent some time considering the argot developed there. The site has some good historical info pages, including this nicely written one on the history of lolspeak. lolspeak historyI enjoyed it, and immediately thought of youse guys.
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formerly known as etaoin...
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I pwn LOLcats!
oh hai, Sparteye!
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U R ripe, David McRaney. Cats and dogs can talk argot and walk upright.  See --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLXHvBFG-CI&NR=1
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Certainly for making beer.
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...a single, obscure “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode SQUAWK! NO episode of STTNG is "obscure"! Harrumph!  Other than that, it's a good article. Though in the case of Notice also the exclamation points include intentional errors simulating the furious smashing of the 1 key while holding shift to get the ! symbol. , I fail to see how deliberately imitating a mistake makes any sort of point...
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What this mistreated dog is holding is called : "lollie". I think you call it popsickle, but I also remember a fifties'song called: "Lollipop, lollipop, whoops, lolli- lollipop"...... lollie That word disappeared?
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That's a lollipop in USn English. Lollie is more Britspeak. Popsicles are frozen confections, (usually) fruit flavored ice on a pair of sticks.
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...and in rightpondian, a popsicle (genericized brand name) is an ice lollie thus completing the circle. A USan lollipop is also called a sucker esp. the smaller ones.
FWIW, the lollipop song i'm thinking of (by the Chordettes) has an oh not a whoops.
I call him
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop.....
It also has the finger-in-cheek pop! (duh-duh duh duh) noise. Is there an IPA symbol for that? ;-)
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