Dear list, I am searching for some discussions online (in interactive formats like message boards, blog comments, forums, listserv archives, etc.) that include opinions/judgments about the language used in CMC - often referred to as "netspeak," "AOLspeak," "chatspeak," "IM language," "internet slang," etc. In particular, threads or posts that contain readers' reactions to media accounts of such phenomena (popularly including terms like "LOL," "BRB," emoticons, punctuation practices, failure to capitalize, etc.). I am interested in what the media accounts themselves say, but I am MORE interested in other people's reactions to what they are reading about (i.e., "People who use emoticons are _______" or "LOL is so _____"). For instance, here are two response threads to an article earlier this year published in a campus newspaper: http://maroon.uchicago.edu/viewpoints/articles/2006/04/14/aolspeak_is_destro... http://digg.com/tech_news/AOL_has_destroyed_the_English_language_with_chat_s... If anyone has other examples of these kinds of discussions, I would be grateful for links. Thanks in advance. Best, Lauren ps - Also, a while ago I asked for recommendations of listings of internet-related conferences, and I failed to properly thank my respondents. Thanks to everyonen who responded (with apologies for my belatedness)! -- lauren m. squires lx: http://polyglotconspiracy.net cmc: http://sociocmc.blogspot.com