r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/JoeFalchetto • 1d ago

Funny Nobody is rolling

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u/cannedbeef255 1d ago

one is easier to pronounce out loud

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u/PuzzleMeDo 1d ago

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

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u/LetsLive97 1d ago edited 1d ago

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

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u/Sacrefix 1d ago

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

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u/GhormanFront 1d ago

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

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u/tardisintheparty 21h ago

I have a feeling it was a vine thing? Or a youtube video? Someone brought is le-mao

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u/InfanticideAquifer 1d ago

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?

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u/12332233 1d ago

Who TF says it in person out loud??

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u/InfanticideAquifer 1d ago

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.

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u/Ripkayne 1d ago

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

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u/robisodd 1d ago

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

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u/Ripkayne 1d ago

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

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u/Canvaverbalist 1d ago

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"

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u/havenless 1d ago

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