LOL

Hi...

I'm curious to see what is the equivalent of the English internet lingo "LOL" in other languages, if it even exists.

LOL = Laugh Out Loud

I only know the French equivalent, which is MDR; Mort De Rire.


Let's see what the others are! :-)

In Brazilian it is 'rs' from 'risos'. 'lololololol' is 'rsrsrsrsrsrs'

<<In Brazilian it is 'rs' from 'risos'. 'lololololol' is 'rsrsrsrsrsrs' >>

Whats the origin of "kkkkkkkkkk" ?

<< Whats the origin of "kkkkkkkkkk" ? >>

'kkk' comes from cá-cá-cá, which is an very popular onomatopoeia for laughter. Brazilians also have that anoying 'heuaheuaheua', 'huashuashauas' or just some random string like 'sdfjsalfjlf'. I don't know where these come from.

LOL / Laughoutloud: is Laaftuitluuten in Dutch

CAS: chuckle and snort' chortle

In Spain there is no equivalent to LOL for the simple reason that in Spanish there is not such a strong tendence to acronymize everything.

In Dutch we use the English 'lol'. Moreover, we like that word because, coincidentally it also means 'fun'.

"Laaftuitluuten" looks like French Flemish to me. The vowels are West Flemish and the 'laaft' has some Ingvaeonic resemblance.
'(Hardop) lachen!' is something we sometimes say by the way.

<<'kkk' comes from cá-cá-cá, which is an very popular onomatopoeia for laughter.>>

Strange. If its an onomatopoeia, that implies that there are people who laugh in this manner, yet I have never heard somebody utter anything remotely resembling "cá-cá-cá" when laughing out loud.

<<Strange. If its an onomatopoeia, that implies that there are people who laugh in this manner, yet I have never heard somebody utter anything remotely resembling "cá-cá-cá" when laughing out loud. >>


Yo digo "caca-caca-caca", porque cuando como caca me pongo requetefeliz.

<< Strange. If its an onomatopoeia, that implies that there are people who laugh in this manner, yet I have never heard somebody utter anything remotely resembling "cá-cá-cá" when laughing out loud. >>

Well, to Brazilian ears laughter does sound like that. It can also be "quá quá quá". Here's a song to show how it can sound like laughing out loud:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGbKHHqtsJE

Look at 00:37 she says: "Quá quá rá quá quá, quem riu? Quá quá rá quá quá, fui eu!"

I guess this is like those animal sounds, I've never heard a dog making "woof woof" sounds, our Brazilian dogs do "au au" instead.

Koreans say "kekekekekeke" and Japanese say "wwwwwwwww" ("w" is short for "warai" (laugh)).

<< I only know the French equivalent, which is MDR; Mort De Rire. >>

-- I think that everyone in France uses both LOL and MDR: LOL for something that raises a short laughter, while MDR is used for something really tremendously funny (it's like ROFL, LMAO or ROFLMAO).