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> > When and how did "I will remove some of the first letters and shorten the > word by replacing them with an apostrophe (')" trend start? > I can't keep up with new lingos anymore, is it even R8-friendly? (;´Д`) It's part of an overarching trend over the past 8 years or so where 4chan users adopt regional and urban British slang and IM/textspeak, mainly thanks to the various British generals on /int/, /pol/, and /r9k/ that grew in size around 2013-2015 Examples: lad, la', u wot m8, fam, simple as, cunny, goin' down t' 'yuri t' mek t' post on t' 'net Most of it is 20th century or older in terms of its usage in Britain (some of it is even archaic), but a lot of its present-day usage on imageboards falls under Rule 8 because it's part of the shitty 2010s 4chan /int/pol/r9k/ culture we're trying to get away from (;´Д`) Reference: 2022/01/25(Tue) 14:48:14

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> > > > When and how did "I will remove some of the first letters and shorten the > > word by replacing them with an apostrophe (')" trend start? > > I can't keep up with new lingos anymore, is it even R8-friendly? (;´Д`) > It's part of an overarching trend over the past 8 years or so where > 4chan users adopt regional and urban British slang and IM/textspeak, > mainly thanks to the various British generals on /int/, /pol/, and > /r9k/ that grew in size around 2013-2015 > Examples: > lad, la', u wot m8, fam, simple as, cunny, goin' down t' 'yuri t' mek > t' post on t' 'net > Most of it is 20th century or older in terms of its usage in Britain > (some of it is even archaic), but a lot of its present-day usage on imageboards falls under Rule 8 because it's part of the shitty 2010s > 4chan /int/pol/r9k/ culture we're trying to get away from (;´Д`)

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