... just in from the BBC (and Know Your Meme)

LOL around the world

• mdr (and derivatives)
  French version, from the initials of "mort de rire" which roughly translated means "dying of laughter" (Chris will like this one)
• חחח‎/ההה
  Hebrew version. The letter ח is pronounced 'kh' and ה is pronounced 'h'. Putting them together makes "khakhakha"
• 555
  Thai variation of LOL. "5" in Thai is pronounced "ha", three of them being "hahaha"
• asg
  Swedish abbreviation of the term Asgarv, meaning intense laughter
• mkm
  Afghan abbreviation of the Dari phrase "ma khanda mikonom", which means "I am laughing"

LOL-ternatives

• :D (smileys)
  Simple and clear but may appear childish. Are you a Comic Sans fan?
• ROFL, LMAO, BWL
  Even more annoying than LOL.
• !!!
  One is fine, three reeks of desperation: 'Look!!! I made a joke!!!' Yes, we noticed.
• Haha, Hehehe, Arf arf
  The safe option. Effective but not very imaginative. Were you really laughing?
• Hilarious! How funny!
  You are living in the dark ages.

source: Why did LOL infiltrate the language?, Know Your Meme: LOL

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I've been so busy, that I haven't had time to follow blogs or post.  I'm missing all the humor, jokes, points-of-view and RUNNING.  I have all of 8 days left until my sub-30m 5k run and it's not going so well.  I'm still in training and will post my training on the weekend.  But that doesn't mean much since I ...

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