How do you read 'Lol'?

[The Sum of Awe]

I read it as ello (from jello) el (just L)


You?

 

[illykitty]

I read it Luhl. Uh as in "up".

 

[Thief]

Lol...?

Laugh out loud!

 

[Father Heathen]

el oh el

 

[Gjallarhorn]

Lull or lawl.

 

[Storm]

Lahl.

 

[Viker]

lol, sometimes el oh el

If I were asked how I pronounced it. It would probably be 'lul' as in lull..

 

[Nichole_R]

LOHL, as in fall

 

[Quagmire]

I read it as "MY GOD YOU'RE WITTY!!!! HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THIS STUFF???!!!"

 

[Richardriddell]

I read everything as what they really are...except lol or lmao or rofl or...well, you get it. Then I just think l-o-l or whatever.

 

[Breathe]

For me:

lol, IPA: lɒl
The o in on. In my accent, rhymes with doll.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Lowl.

 

[Richardriddell]

I read everything as what they really are...except lol or lmao or rofl or...well, you get it. Then I just think l-o-l or whatever.

A Level Revision in Oxford

 

[Penumbra]

lull.

 

[Iti oj]

laugh out loud. looll

 

[Bob Dixon]

Lawl, for sure.

 

[Darkness]

For me:

lol, IPA: lɒl
The o in on. In my accent, rhymes with doll.

Don't you mean /lɑl/? The rounded /ɒ/ is not too commonly used in English.

 

[Breathe]

Don't you mean /lɑl/? The rounded /ɒ/ is not too commonly used in English.

Nope, /ɒ/ is correct here.

/ɒ/ isn't rare in some dialects (although it's quite rare in American dialects IIRC -- but I'm not from America or Canada). Out of all of the dialects, though, it is pretty rare, being replaced with /ɑ/ or even /ɔ/ in some dialects. Mine, though, uses /ɒ/.

An added quirk, my dialect doesn't use /ʌ/, but merges it with /ʊ/. So it's /bʊk/, /fʊt/, for book, foot, etc.