Anil Dash has written about a subject I have been pondering lately (the weather’s too nice for my tinfoil hat *sigh*): Cats Can Has Grammar. Or, in other words, the “lolcat Internet meme” (see this site for instance) involves a grammatically consistent subset of English. Technically (I am taking Anil’s word for it) it’s a pidgin.
I find this fascinating, as well as funny. Be sure to read all of Anil’s post, and the comments.
I can’t believe I am late for a business meeting because I wrote this post.
(Via Brent Simmons. Picture created using Gordon McNaughton’s LolCat Builder.)
Update: Massive over-analysis of the phenomenon here (with fancy diagrams).
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picky troll asks:
Isn’t this actually a change of spelling rather than grammar?
Within the scope of this particular example, yes. However, I was alluding to kitten pidgin in general. It’s not funny when you have to explain it…
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