Irony and Language

[forsyth]

Man. I can't even keep track any more. Is saying "The Internets" still ironically making fun of Bush saying it in the debates, or has it become so common it's transcended irony and reached the level of Internet slang, like lol and rofl and such?

Comments

[dezro.livejournal.com]

"The internets" is actually correct usage, believe it or not.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Only if you're talking about several individual TCP/IP networks rather than the Internet itself.

[xeonaphobe.livejournal.com]

This is true. There is an Internet2 so techically it is correct to say "internets". Lets not kid ourselves into thinking that George Bush knew this though.