[Dragaera] LOLDragaera

[David Dyer-Bennet]

Steve Hubbell wrote:

> Why would someone want to wear something that looks like it was written by a grade school child or possibly by an immigrant still learning the English language? 
>   

It doesn't look anything like that.  Not all non-standard usage is "the 
same", nor do people get the same impressions from it.  There is a huge 
difference between real mistakes, and this sort of creative language abuse.

> It is one thing to attribute poor language skills to a cat in a cartoon or comic strip, but why would someone want to promote a professional writer in such a manner? 
>   
Your basic premise is faulty, so your conclusion makes no sense either.

The lolcat meme is not, in fact, of interest to people of low language 
skills; it's primarily of interest to people with very *high* verbal and 
written language abilities. At least, that's where my pointers to the 
good parts have all come from.

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