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Suivre Le Petit Robert sur Twitter, c'est trop lol mdr
(Follow Le Petit Robert on Twitter, it's lol mdr)
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 5.2.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | spelling, texting, Twitter
Summary | When people first starting texting, they would use abbreviations such as "lol", "mdr", or "tkt". In order to promote French language and eradicate "text message language", Le Robert Dictionary uses its Twitter account to share jokes related to text message features.
Image Description | Photograph of an open dictionary and screenshots of Tweets.
Image Tags | dictionary, Twitter
« Lol » est mort, vive le « haha » !
("Lol" is dead, long lives "haha"!)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 12.8.2015
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, gender, research/study
Summary | According to Facebook analysts, "lol" is dying out. In their study, they found out that only 1,9% of internet users use "lol" and 51,4% of them use "haha". Laughing emojis are used by 33,7% of internet users. "Lol" seems to be used by 30-year old men whereas emojis are mostly used by females under 20.
Image Description | Photograph of a dictionary page with a big LOL in the middle of the page.
Image Tags | dictionary
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