I'M IN YR X Y-ING YOUR Z -- A Grammar of Lolcats

Do you like cute cats who are IN UR SOMETHING, WHATEVERING YOUR WHATEVER? If yes, you aren't just a lolcats fan -- you're unknowingly participating in the development of a new grammar. Anil Dash offers a brilliant account of the development of what he calls lolcats pidgin, including a history and proper usage of the kinds of kitty-speak you find in these images, which usually include a cute cat saying something related to buckets, cheeseburgers, or whatever else with strangely-conjugated verbs.

According to Dash:

Incorrect kitty pidgin jumped to my attention the first time I saw a reference to Dune
being used with a lolcat image. The caption on the linked version ofthe image, "The spice must flow." is fine, if not particularlycat-like. But the caption on the version I saw first was much more verbose:
"I are dunecat. I controls the spice, I controls the universe." Besidesbeing an awkward attempt at overexplaining the punchline (I've neverread Dune or seen the film, but the joke is obvious) this was just all wrong. The fact that we can tell no cat would talk like this shows that kitty pidgin is actually quite consistent.

**I wonder if there will be dialects of kitty pidgin? I'm certain that brave new grammars are being developed on Dogster right now.
Cats Can Has Grammar [via Anil Dash]
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