As the TechnoKimchi blogger, I tend to hunt for things that give you even the slightest hint at something from the Asian Web reflected in the West Web. And today, I caught a big fish. It was on none other than ESPN!
I've explained before that I'm a crazy fan of NBA, so obviously NBA on ESPN is one of my daily destinations. Today I went back and saw this little thingy called "OTL".
I was like "What? Can't believe this!" because, as you know, ESPN is so..well, American. For your information, "OTL" (also widely known as "orz") is an Asian emoticon for expressing frustration or despair. If you closely look at it, it looks like a frustrated man on his knees. O is the head, T is the body and the arms, and L is the legs. The same with orz. A little Chinese video clip on variations of orz:
Anyhow, the article link was about this NBA ref who has been changing the games he officiated because of his association with big time gambling. So the use of OTL there looked perfectly justified because he has been the biggest and the saddest news around NBA for a while (until Kevin Garnett went to the Celtics to join Paul Pierce and Ray Allen).
Anyhow, I was so excited. I saw it as an Asian culture invasion. If you see it on ESPN, that's it. End of story. It was indeed a big fish for me. Yay!
Except for that my ectasy only lasted for few more minutes. I found this:
And this is how I literaly reacted upon my own discovery:
Anyhow, this is my own OTL story of the day. But seriously, when it comes to emoticons in Asia, there's also so much to talk about. In Asia, we live in a different metaphysical world that emoticons come out differently as well. More on it later.
I've explained before that I'm a crazy fan of NBA, so obviously NBA on ESPN is one of my daily destinations. Today I went back and saw this little thingy called "OTL".
Anyhow, I was so excited. I saw it as an Asian culture invasion. If you see it on ESPN, that's it. End of story. It was indeed a big fish for me. Yay!
Except for that my ectasy only lasted for few more minutes. I found this:
Anyhow, this is my own OTL story of the day. But seriously, when it comes to emoticons in Asia, there's also so much to talk about. In Asia, we live in a different metaphysical world that emoticons come out differently as well. More on it later.
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