Comments on: On Guest Blogging by the Editorial and Technical Assistants http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/04/18/on-guest-blogging-by-the-editorial-and-technical-assistants-2/ The Gay Recluse: Observation, philosophy and other notes on the beauty and dissonance of life in the city Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: On Guest Blogging by the Technical and Editorial Assistants: A Reader Asks if Lolcat Lingo Taps into Subtle Undercurrents of Linguistic Racism » lolcat.us http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/04/18/on-guest-blogging-by-the-editorial-and-technical-assistants-2/#comment-613 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:41:40 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-613 [...] We would like to draw your attention to the following comment and conundrum we received today from Reader GhengisKuhn, who [...]

]]> By: genghiskuhn http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/04/18/on-guest-blogging-by-the-editorial-and-technical-assistants-2/#comment-611 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:11:16 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=934#comment-611 Having tracked “not every cat is a lolcat” back to its root, I(a sporadic reader) would like to present you with a link and a conundrum.

The Link: http://www.catsinsinks.com, which features, if nothing else, a memorable button.

The Conundrum: I have noted that lolcats use many of the same linguistic markers present in African American Vernacular English(the durative ‘be’, for example.. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1221/1341009905_b99dd8f46c.jpg?v=0). Does this, combined with their clownish buffoonery, mean that lolcat lingo taps into subtle undercurrents of linguistic racism?

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