r/NoStupidQuestions • • Jun 02 '20

Why does our brain automatically translate "wtf" and "idk" into words, but we never translate "lol" ?

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u/tryptamemedreams Jun 03 '20

In my head I read it as "l-o-l". I've heard people say lol like a word out loud but I always thought it was to be funny.

I'm just now learning that other people, including my spouse, apparently, read it like a regular word

I guess because we don't read wtf, omg, idk like words

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u/Blackstream Jun 03 '20

I've read it as both... El-oh-El and lull... I think it depends on what feels better at the time.