maplecremie

[deft gazelle]

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[gentle relic]

it's not a dialect, it's sms language

oui => ouais => oue

it's a mispelling of "ouais"

which is a familiar "oui"

[hoary flint]

sms language as in it arose from texting?

[gentle relic]

yep

[hoary flint]

as opposed to online language like lol?

[gentle relic]

it's something you can see when people write text messages

[hoary flint]

In English, text messages means on the phone

[gentle relic]

yeah that's what i mean

it's just a mispelling of "ouais"

you write it "oue" or "oe" to "gain" time

[hoary flint]

But it arose from talking on the phone, not tlaking online, correct?

That's what I'm asking

[gentle relic]

you can use it on a phone or online

whenever you're chatting

[hoary flint]

But I'm asking it came from the phone

Or onilne

[gentle relic]

i don't get your question

[hoary flint]

What is the source?

[gentle relic]

it's like if you were to ask me if "iykyk" came from the phone or online

[hoary flint]

I'm talking about just text messaging

Not any online apps

Between phone numbers

Not using the internet

Just SMS

[gentle relic]

yeah some people would use "oue" when text messaging

it's just a mispelling, it's not that big of a deal

[hoary flint]

I just wanted to know the linguistic origin

i don't think it's a "big deal"

[gentle relic]

there's no linguistic origin

[lapis dew]

i doubt there's any one origin given that it's more or less a phonetic spelling

[gentle relic]

it comes from "oui", that's it