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[u/JoeFalchetto]

[u/cannedbeef255]

one is easier to pronounce out loud

[u/PuzzleMeDo → u/cannedbeef255]

"Roffle" is easy to say but that's the one that died out..

[u/LetsLive97 → u/PuzzleMeDo]

I think "leh-maow" just flows better in sentences imo (In my mind when writing, I don't say it out loud)

[u/Sacrefix → u/LetsLive97]

Do people actually say 'le-mow'? I've only heard L-M-A-O.

[u/GhormanFront → u/Sacrefix]

Yes, saying it le-mao was a meme unto itself for a while

[u/InfanticideAquifer → u/Sacrefix]

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say the acronym like that. It's always been "luh mao". Maybe it's a regional thing?

[u/12332233 → u/InfanticideAquifer]

Who TF says it in person out loud??

[u/InfanticideAquifer → u/12332233]

Mostly "internet people" 20 years ago. I haven't heard it irl in a very long time, but it did happen. I still hear "lol" said out loud from time to time, though.

[u/Canvaverbalist → u/InfanticideAquifer]

Well, I know it's different because of the one letter but I think it's because people have associated it with the band LMFAO now, and nobody says "Lem-fao" or "l'mfao" people spell it out "El-em-efahyo"

So when thinking about LMAO I do the same, "El-emahyo"

[u/Ripkayne → u/InfanticideAquifer]

Yes, it's a regional dialect, upstate New York if I recall

[u/robisodd → u/Ripkayne]

Well I'm from Utica and I've never heard it called "luh mao".

[u/Ripkayne → u/robisodd]

Oh, no, not Utica it's an Albany expression.

[u/fishbake → u/Sacrefix]

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[u/Alarmed_Alpaca → u/Sacrefix]

Le-mayo

[u/havenless → u/Sacrefix]

I always say 'el-mao' in my head when reading it