Ouch! This seems like way too much extra work for Boo Boo.

“Another theory claims that Leetspeak evolved simply out of the desire of *COMPUTERS* to show how clever and exclusive they could be.”

It ought to be “COMPUTER USERS,” and not “COMPUTERS.”

well, i know it was also used to get around automated censorship on message boards, etc.

What Erin said.
It was originally to circumvent filters. Not necessarily profanity filters. “Leetspeak” was invented by hackers who didn’t want their conversations to be archivable, so sensitive words would have random letters replaced by similar-looking characters. The human eye can read it, but a computer can’t.

~Saf

WOW! Very informative. Loved it. I’m one of those people who learns new words by looking up their definitions as I come across them and later using them as becomes appropriate. I’m not a big “texter” but I loved reading and learning about the “whys” of the “what” they do and use to communicate. Good on ya! Thanks : )

Wow! Ok, I hv a headache now, ima put my comp to bed, lol

The guy who wrote this article is an idiot using language to big themselves up when they can’t even use language properly to begin with.

You could have communicated double, using half as many words.

We have our own name for those people who are making it difficult to read. They the… (drum rolls) JEJEMONS haha..

LOL = Laugh out loud
ROFL = Roll on floor laugh
GTFO = Get the f*** out
STFU = Shut the f*** up
L33T = Elite
ILY = I love you
TTYL = Talk to you later
GTG = Got to go
IDGAF = I don’t give a f***

weeeee i cant remember if i know any other ones but this is all i can think of

Interesting, but what does 1!X3 7|-|!5 spell?

Me and my friends us these all the time! It is so much easier to use than typing out the word like instead of saying great we use gr8. It is just how we talk and if y’all don’t like it then go jump off a cliff……..better yet let me push ya off!!!!!

wooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

7|-|15 |5 @ \/\/ 3 5 0 /\/\ 3

heeeeeeeeeeeeeehehehehehe… as f v dnt kno sms lan …………………..ik ik t dsnt mek sense!!!!!!!!D:

this is so retarded who would put that on the internet

“Internet culture often thrives in counterintuitive ways.”

This is the most accurate explaination of this that ive ever seen. =D

lol

Erin, you reminded me of the BBS systems I used that had the “cuss filter”. We could not use words like “wristwatch” and “sweetwater” because of the embedded “tw” word! But there were clever ways to type out wristwatch, along with the real obscene words!

cool! My birthday was yesterday!!!

wow my bf’s cousin txt’s like that i am a short fast txter

i find leetspeak much too hard to use – it’s cool but text language is much easier

o.O

Texting started with kids. This has suddenly become popular with adults; the exact opposite of how trends usually work. I am too damn lazy to text. Talking on the phone is much easier for me.

|_337$p34|< is cool.

So what does 1!X3 7|-|!5 actually mean?

This is really confusing for me. I don’t understand it lol. Butt i am always confused(:

tHERE was a new colloquial language developed in the Philippine which is primarily use in texting. The language is called jejenese and the people txting or saying it are called jejemons. example: Hello is written Elow or 3ow… Hi is H!, and many other complicated combination’s of letters,numbers,and signs.

It is called l337 (Leet)

P.S. And yes, as iPAPOTE points out, within geek circles it is usually just referred to as I337 or I337 5p34k.

The key to “1337″ is to look at it as though it were a picture – or a word written by someone just starting to write.(in this case leet). The key to “txt” speak is to consider the way it sounds when you say it – just like the example provided by another user: gr8 (gr + eight = great). “Initialism” is used in both (Lol) – this is actually an interesting study in communication – the difference between the three.

Btw: 1!X3 7|-|!5 when seen as a picture: LIKE THIS (lowercase l can be confused with 1, ! is an upside down i, X has the same “body” as K and 3 is a backwards 3 – 7 is a T, |-| looks like an H, !=i, and 5 looks like an S)

1!X3 7|-|!5 means “like this”, with “!”s being “i”s, “X” being “k”, “5″ being “s”, and “7″ being “T”.

1!X3 7|-|!5 spells ‘like this’

1 – ‘L’
! – ‘I’
X – ‘K’
3 – ‘E’

7 – ‘T’
|-| – ‘H’
! – ‘I’
5 – ‘S’

1!X3 7|-|!5 means “like this”
|_337$p34|< means "leetspeak"

seriously this is so freaking stupid.

seriously this is so freaking stupid. only no life people would use those

When you were a kid, did you ever make up a secret code with 1 or 2 of your best friends? It was cool; nobody else knew what you were writing or speaking about. It gave a feeling of importance and “I’m in control here”;( grown-ups and others of your choosing were excluded). It was fun for a while; and after a time, you grew out of it. Are today’s texting hierogliphics fads? What will the next “exclusive language” for short and shallow communications be?

whoa thats amazing still dont get it\

hahahahahahahashhahhhhahhahahhh h3!p

A subject i know little about. I hope someone answers John’s and the Viking’s question. I’m curious too.

H3!p ltr lsers

‘leetspeak’ is short for ‘elite’?? maybe it’s because i rarely text and don’t blog, but that seems counterproductive to me.

1!X3 7|-|!5 means “Like this”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L33t

1!X3 7|-|!5 means Like This

I use this system 2 type faster like instead of saying later i say l8er it makes it much easier!!!!!!

it means like this i figured out myself

1!X3 7|-|!5 means “like this” for anyone who is wondering.

1!X3 7|-|!5 means “like this”.

Good grief!! It means -like this- I am 68 years old and I figured it out

idgaf

If 3=E and |-|= H, than 1!X3 7|-|!5 probably means Like This

ROFL= rolling on the floor laughing
LOL= laugh out loud
GTG or G2G= got to go
TTYL= talk to you later
ILY= i love you
NP= no problem
BC= because
GR8= great
L8R= later
2MRO= tomorrow
BTW=by the way
JK= just kidding
IDK= i dont know
IDC= i dont care

if u have any ?’s post below.
GTG TTYL

Noooooo, leetness….. Leetspeek is not kool. Its dummmmmm.

And skyyyyy, thers LMAO: laff my a** off and ttfn: ta ta 4 now. And ikr: i know rite, idk: i dont know, and idc: i dont care. Duhz.

1!X3 7|-|!5
LIKE T H IS
See the resemblance?

What happened with AZERTY?

Dont forget “nmjc.” Not much just chillin’.

For those wondering, “1!X3 7|-|!5″ just spells “like this.”

1!X3 7|-|!5 = Like this

Took a while to figure that one out.

Texting “Language” isn’t really a language. It’s a abbreviation system that people use.

I used to know how to speak 1337 really well, but now I can’t remember most of it.

How many thought of MegaTokyo when they read this? And for those that don’t know… 1!X3 7|-|!5 translates to “like this” in the English Language

TheMaster what is 1337??

wtf?

ooooooooooooooooooosnp

Dictionary.com thinks people’s eyes will “go bananas” when they see txt tlk, chatspeak, 1337, etc.,…and Dictionary.com is on the internet; the place where people use txt tlk, chatspeak, 1337, etc. This is what is called elitism, people.

Well, first things first, the grammar is fine, but the content is lacking tremendously. You’re off the mark on a lot of things. You’re trying too hard, and I honestly Hate you for it. It’s not “Rotfl”, that’s too long. People write “rofl”. That’s not even l337! That’s just common internet acronyms! The language you’re trying to emulate and convey to others is obviously beyond you to grasp.

i dont get it
im only in third grade doing defintions for my school homework

There may be a difference between 1337 5p34k and txt tlk, but in my opinion, the end result is the same. It’s people trying to act cool and just ending up very annoying. Both methods should be used sparingly, I think. Because there aren’t many things more annoying to me than getting this text: rotflol btw 2mro im goin gtg tho ttyl cu 2mro.

WTF!!!

little, read the other comments. It means leet. It also says so in the article.
And FYI, abbreviations like ROFL dont count as leetspeak.

1!x3 7|-|!5 spells “like this”

1!x3 7|-|!5
likE This

get it?

i’m not a fan of leet speak. it’s too much work.

I’ve heard of cavespeak but not Leetspeak

1!X3 7|-|!5
means LIKE THIS

i hate homework!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

little, 1337 is leet!!

Only idiots use this type of language…they are murdering the English language day by day. My grade 9 teacher was just telling me how every year he’s noticing the kids are getting dumber, and I’m not surprised when this is the way they communicate. I’m 20 and have never typed this way and never will.

It is a faster means for those who never learned the keyboard. If you have a qwerty keyboard on your phone and learned to type, then regular typing is much fster than txt abbreviations.

here in the philippines, we call it “jejemon”

Mistress of Darkness on January 9, 2011 at 10:24 pm
“We have our own name for those people who are making it difficult to read. They the… (drum rolls) JEJEMONS haha..”

Mistress of Darkness: you filipino? haha.

T15 13l0g 15 G@y!?!?!?!??!!?!??! E=>~<=3

this is kinda cool

l337 = leet

and no, all your texting abbreviations (gtg, lol, ttyl), which EVERYONE knows, are not 133t. don’t be ostentatious. like suggested, wikipedia it and see what it really is.

Wow! I wonder who first invented that! I don’t use that but I consider it interesting. I still don’t use it though.

Peoples, please don’t use it just to be cool! Please, I beg of you, use it for a REAL reason, like “it’s easier” or “it’s quicker” or “my keyboard works really bad so I decided to fasten things up and use the text abbreviation words” or something… you know.

Thanks! by the way, Happy New Year!

thank u watevr, u said exactly what i was thinkin.

Reminds me of how as a kid, my friends and I made words using a calculator turned upside down, or wrote notes using the letter after the one intended.

So if |_337$p34|< uses symbols to graphically depict letters, and initialism is an phonetic word and first letter phrase abbreviation system, what do you call pictures made from letters and ASCII symbols? This one was my favorite: ^^o^^

To yo mamma cudos to u, who relly wanted 2 know this, lol

ELLERY on January 10, 2011 at 9:24 am
“tHERE was a new colloquial language developed in the Philippine which is primarily use in texting. The language is called jejenese and the people txting or saying it are called jejemons. example: Hello is written Elow or 3ow… Hi is H!, and many other complicated combination’s of letters,numbers,and signs.”

ELLERY: oh, i guess you’re a filipino? jejejeje? haha.

ROFL LMAO L33T

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@niga higa, @kris, @Watevr: Trolls.

@little: Those aren’t actually “13375p34k”, but txtspeak. 1337 isn’t used to abbreviate your conversation but to obscure its contents in a seemingly random mash of characters.

@tigress: “1337speak” is short for “elite speak” rather “1337″ is short for “elite” (13375p34k =/= elite; 13375p34k == elite speak)

1337 4150 (4/\/\3 !/\/70 3cs!574/\/(3 70 637 4120(_)/\/]) 73cs7 1=!1_73125

OOOooohhh fun.

4|\| 3|\|7123 |>057 480|_|7 13375|>34|<. 1|\|732357!|\|6.

marx lenn mendoza: yeah right. haha. it’s fun. i don’t find it cool though. haha.

Wait, this whole nonsense is actually being referred to as a “language?” Why?!

Although I despise ‘text talk’, it at least has a purpose, which is for people to be as indolent and cretinous as they can be. God forbid I spend a few extra seconds texting and using proper grammar. I find text talk very helpful when I’m at school. It helps me get my message through without seeming like I actually had to endure the three stages of schooling, that way, I can go back to not doing the work my teacher assigned to me. I swear that American society has been to reduced to debauchery among other various types of indulgence and decadence; which all totals out to a sedentary lifestyle.

Anyway, back on topic, this leetspeak rubbish is nothing more than, well, rubbish. It doesn’t make communication anymore efficient, time/speed-wise. In fact, I’d say that it retards communication to snail-pace. It just seems like a result of boredom to me; also another example of unnecessary decadence. I disrespect others right to use it, but it’s just not for me. I prefer to stay away from this pseudo-progressive, contemporary movement that is being brought upon the new generation because they’re too lackadaisical to open up a damn dictionary every once in a while. Personally, I blame poor, lenient, blind, careless parenting that was made possible by the products of 1950 – onward, so to speak. Well, thanks for reading.

Regards,
Misanthrope

(Off the subject)
Could “the hot word” writers post on a combination of these words?
Socialism
Communism
Collectivism, communalism, Maoism, Marxism, Leninism
Democracy
Egalitarianism, classlessness,
Fascism
Totalitarianism, despotism, dictatorship, oppression, repression, tyranny

Capitalism
Dictatorship
Democracy

mga abnormal kayo!:-p

Again, I must say OUCH!

Wow. I took the time to post a really nice and thorough explanation of I337 and its origins, from personal experience, and explained how to read it, around 1:00 p.m. Then I added a second quick one a couple of minutes later. Both appeared in the comments just fine. And now I come back to read more comments, and my first one is GONE!! Judging by the following comments, it was deleted within minutes after posting. There was lots of helpful information in there, no obscenities, etc. WTF????? Perhaps the author of the article couldn’t take being outdone? _V () |_| 5 |_| { |< !

noname: why say so? maybe you just can’t catch up.

I like this blog because I often learn new things. I can see a lot of uses for this kinds of language even though some people posting here prefer to hate on it (ignorance)

Misanthrope, you should have used the word pretentious in your name.

The children are not getting dumber the teacher is just losing their ability to understand them. Each succeeding generation understands the previous generation while the previous generation loses touch. I think the next generation is way smarter – read about memetic structures if you get the chance. our children learn things about us we couldn’t begin to teach them as their children will about them.

I had fun figuring out what you more dexterous l3375|>34X325 were saying

Cool! I was involved in a robotics team last year and our team was called l33t engeniers LOL

somebody deleted my comment!!! hmmppff hehehe maybe because i sued the vernacular last time i made a comment.. hehehe filipinos invented those txt language. yup its called jejenese or jejemon… its the filipino creativity and ingenuity!!! its the filipinos way to cope with everyday stress. the filipinos enjoy living in complete happiness even during the times of calamity and tragedy. explains how filipinos have the most number of festivities celebrated in a year and the formulation of such interesting language which also of course being criticized by educators and moralists.. but what the heck, its not a q uestion of moralty or education its the recognition that matters!!! hehehe

Very interesting!!
Thanks Hot Word!!

Leet was originally predicted in a book called “Neuro-Mancer”, which is not a very good book, however it does predict not only the use of Leet speak but alos acronyms used in TXTing. As I this book is in the required reading for Geekdom, it does stand to reason that many of the original users of both leet and txt speak were influenced by “Neuro-Mancer” even if they don’t remember it.

Very good entry, Hot Word!

Misanthrope, I must say that you’re affixing way too much blame on text, or rather, thirteen-thirty-seven, speak. It’s certainly not the “downfall to our society” that you make it out to be. Now while I try to use correct grammar in my own conversations, you can’t denegrate someone for diminishing a word in the hopes of achieving efficiency. Think about numbers. While one could boast about taking the time to spell out five-hundred sixty-three thousand, it would be much simpler to just say 5,630 instead. Hell, even the word “eleven” might be more trouble than it’s worth, because you can reduce the necessary character input from six to two, saving a few seconds in the process of conveying an identical message. And while I’m on the subject of efficiency, have you ever wondered why you dial “9-1-1″ to contact emergency services? Perhaps it’s because in the crucial seconds in which it takes to dial seven, or even ten, numbers, catastrophe can occur. By cutting down the required character input, you save seconds. So 1337 speak is an efficient method of communication, especially since it’s typically reserved for casual conversations, when one is not dictated by an overbearing logomanic such as yourself.

Regards,
Aporia

Cool

My apologies, I meant five-thousand six-hundred thirty-three.

Blech. Thirty. No three.

Back in the days, before I moved up to iMac, I used ASCII (ask ee) to write the GB Pound symbol when corresponding with UK. Hold down the LH Alt key and type 156 on the RH key pad.
BFN

ms.karma on January 10, 2011 at 7:09 pm: actually, here in the philippines its called jejetxt and people who are using jejetxt are called jejemon, im not fond of using it, i dont like jejemons or jejetxt, i like the formal spelling or at least not to the extend of changing some letters to symbol, psychological studies finds that it is not a very good thing to use especially for teenagers or children who has a phone and fond of using jejetxt because it has an effect on the child’s learning…especially in spelling and/or some cases, with grammar too…

@Misanthrope Its purpose is not increased speed and understanding but the obscuring of information. I liken it to typing in Morse code or binary. No real purpose but to confuse those that don’t understand and inform those that do.

@Waleno: I don’t think ‘misanpretentiousthrope’ or the like would be a real word though. I think you should’ve used the word “witless” before your name. “Witless Waleno”! Sounds like it fits snugly around your name and intelligence! “Hating on [something]” now too? Thank you for revealing what era of vernacular you like to reside in. That is, the moronic one. You know, it would’ve been much more efficient to say something like, “even though some people here express their hatred for it.” No, it’s not “ignorance” either. I’ve tested out this leetspeak for myself in hopes of finding something beneficent about it. No luck on that, by the way. Also, if it’s the preceding generation that is failing to understand the succeeding generation even though the succeeding generation understands the preceding generation, then how is the succeeding generation any smarter than the preceding generation if the preceding generation is the one teaching the succeeding generation? We can only teach someone after us to be as smart as us, and if we’re misunderstanding one another then we may not even be able to accomplish that. Lastly, it is quite possible that I may read up on memetic structures if I get the chance.

@Aporia: While I can appreciate your attempt to use proper grammar, I cannot appreciate your argument. As English students, we are taught to spell things (this absolutely includes, but is not limited to numbers and other various numerical and monetary symbols) out in words, not symbols or numbers when writing. That etiquette remains static in all other studies and subjects, except when working with facts and figures. Unfortunately, even when we are engaged in a “casual conversation”, we are still writing. This means that we must follow proper English protocol. Could you imagine if authors just lazed out on their diction and started using abbreviations and a panoply of hyphenated adjectives as the infrastructure of their publishings. It would take away from the tone, imagery, and all-around credibility of their publishing, wouldn’t it? No-one says that you have to use long, intricate words when writing. [We] just ask that you use proper grammar; you know, the way that you were taught to (which, hopefully, you were taught how to write). I have no problems with 9-1-1 being the designated emergency telephone number, so don’t try to use a poor analogy to refute my claims. Though, while we’re on that subject, catastrophe can even occur in those few crucial seconds it takes one to pick up the phone and dial the three digits (even if less digits saves a few seconds). You know what’s even more efficient for just “casual conversation”? Generic diction and proper grammar. It saves time, in comparison to leetspeak, so you can get more dialogue in edge-wise. On another tangent, I don’t affix too much of it on these new, idiotic forms of communication. In fact, these means of communication are the least of humanity’s troubles. I purposefully blamed debauchery as well as other various forms of indulgence and decadence. While this leetspeak and text talk hogwash are included in that, the serious downfalls in humanity are not limited to those two forms of debauchery, indulgence, decadence and such. To conclude, although it’s the least of humanity’s worries, I do weigh a lot of importance on communication because it is what can make or break relationships. I hold the belief that those who do not use proper grammar are disrespecting their reader(s), audience, or partner in communication. It shows that you don’t respect the person on the other end enough so as to write or communicate with decent legibility. It also reveals to people that you don’t care enough about your reputation as an intelligible individual to write with the grammar you were taught to use growing up. This would and most certainly should render those who don’t respect the parameters of English in writing cretinous. Whether or not I am an overbearing logomaniac depends on one’s standards for orthography and other fields of study and usage. Please note that I was lenient with you on many of your errors.

@1337-is-my-3rd-language: Initially, I would like to thank you for not making a personal attack torwards me; those ruin the credibility of the poster. More on-topic, wouldn’t a language that is comprised purely of numbers or Roman numerals suffice though too? As a young child, I would sometimes spend my leisure time innovating methods of ciphering messages. It’s a shame that I can’t recollect any of these methods. Perhaps I’ll look into recreating them when I find more leisure time.

I would just like to support the theme of my posts by saying that I agree with lines 7 – 13 of Marx Lenn Mendoza’s quote of Ms. Karma.

Regards,
Misanthrope

Marx Lenn Mendoza on January 11, 2011 at 8:54 pm
>yes marx. jejetxt makes the young pinoys stupid. sorry for that harsh term but i find it true. i’m afraid they might misspell even the simplest and common words. God, this is alarming.

jejeje! i hate it.

@Misanthrope: I agree with you, to an extent. I feel that, yes, in a perfect universe, everyone would take the time to elaborate on their grammar and word choice. But this isn’t a utopia, so we have to learn to deal with such “shortcomings.” Moreover, I believe that you are taking this WAY too seriously, as I’m going to bet that you don’t send text messages to most of the world’s population, and that the people you DO communicate with have exceptional grammar, for otherwise you would have no respect for them (which is a poor reason not to respect someone; god forbid, they’re in a hurry…). My point is, what harm is it going to do you if someone miles away from you, or even down the street, with whom you never communicate, speaks differently than you? Would you feel the same way about someone who speaks, say, Chinese? The syntax and structure of Chinese is significantly different from English; I suppose that in your world we’d better just despise every foreign language-speaker as well? And I noticed that you were “lenient with my errors.” You mean the two or three errors that so “demolished” my argument? So I forgot an “i.” So I mis-typed a number. I guess it’s off to the remedial English course with me, huh? Even though I have proven myself to be a competent English-speaker? I finalize my argument while pondering as to why you take something so minute as seriously as you do, though I can respect that you have that degree of passion for something.

Regards,
Aporia

*sigh* This is so stupid guys, okay, first off, WHO CARES, the reason we type and say stuff is to convey a message, not to sound mature or smart. So, if one person says something and the other person understands it then we’re fine! You two (Misanthrope, and Aporia) are senslessly arguing over who’s right and wrong, and its really just plainly childish and idiotic, obviously neither of you can either of your minds, so why bother? You’re putting forth more effort to type out your beliefs than you did to even think of a response.
Original Quote: ‘Perhaps the most silliest thing I have ever observed was two schoolchildren acting like teachers. They are students, yet they fail to recognize and act approiately. They shouldn’t have been taught that they can be whatever they want, they should’ve been taught to be themselves.’

huh?

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For the non-"1337":
Let's stop all the hating and enjoy the ridiculousness that is elite speak.
Like many activities there will always be a "hardcore" and a "casual" crowd. The hardcore being sticklers for syntax and usage of correct character variations. The casual may not adhere to the standard using a combination of "elite" and "txt". Much like in proper English, spelling and grammar are highly coveted towards a comprehensive understanding.
However the more lax user is understood all the same; albeit begrudgingly. So let us "simma a down a now".
Elite speak is serious business… not really, so just have fun with it.

*Great. Was going to trans-1337 my first post (double posted) but it seems to have been deleted.

@Ms. Karma> its not a harsh word, its the truth! If they continue on doing it, they’ll be a certified stupid person when it comes to spelling and grammar, we’re just concern

@Misanthrope> thank you…

My sincerest apologies for taking so long to reply to you, Aporia. I’ve been swamped with work since earlier on in the day. Not to mention that I do all of my commenting through the Internet Explorer program on my cell-phone, so it takes much more time to type things out, and for that matter, proofread them than it would on a computer. I will try my best to have a dignified reply for you sometime tomorrow, Aporia. So, stay tuned. Thank you for being so patient.

This is insane!! I have a headache from just looking at it, but it does remind me of our very old fashion “pig latin” that we children had so much fun with.

To call the use of 1337 speak ‘idiotic’ is really in itself idiotic. 1337 is an innovative way to communicate, first used to conceal sensitive information, and now used as a more jovial, fun way of typing. I imagine fluency creates a great sense of companionship with other speakers, with the ability to share in-jokes and the like that others may not understand. It doesn’t represent a degeneration of language; it’s innovative, creative and impressive.

I admit, it is concerning when 1337 and text-speak are transferred into classrooms and academic writing, but it being a common method of communication in a young person’s home life, a little blurring is to be expected. I’m sure the teaching staff immediately address the issue and inform the students that certain language is not suitable in certain situations.

Just as with language formality, distinctions are made; a child is likely to be admonished for writing either ‘Winston Churchill was a gr8 man’ or ‘Winston Churchill was really cool’ — both word choices are inappropriate for the classroom, but harmless in casual conversation with someone who will understand it. Surely it’s just a matter of knowing where to use what form of language?

256 bit encryption is a bit more secure for sending a message…

I’m with Kris, this is really stupid!

@Keepin’ it simple: Obviously, I care, and I think Aporia cares to an extent as well. Wat i tak frm ur post iz dat it iz ok 2 typ lke dis, az long az i r convaing n undrstanabl mesag. Yeah, because people who type like that or in any other erroneous way are worth my time, support, and respect. You know, if you are a follower of incorrect grammar, you may by all means understand the message you are conveying, but someone else may not. That is why it is always good to be on the safe side and use correct grammar; it helps avoid misunderstandings and general miscommunication. Moreover, by following grammatical ethics, you are conveying another message, one that shows that you have respect for your partner(s) in communication and for your reputation as an intelligible individual. In case you are unaware, many people look down upon poor grammar, especially the EDUCATED. Leniency with grammar isn’t such a big deal if English is one’s secondary language; we understand, but if it is one’s primary language, then I can’t see someone getting much sympathy from others when their spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and overall sentence structure are revealed to be poorer than farmers during the Great Depression. Going off on a tangent, you try to hit us with a quote to prove the point that we’re puerile for having a warm-to-the-touch debate. What we’re debating is actually quite crucial in a multitudinous amount of peoples’ lives, especially in this day and age where proper ways of writing are obscured by more popular, otiose methods; such as text talk and leetspeak. In regard to the last sentence of your quote, I’ve always seemed to carry good grammar, even in my not-so-finest hours. That said, I would say that this naturally grew to be a part of me; I wasn’t told that I could use good grammar, and I certainly wasn’t forced to do so either. Apropos to your oh, so “original quote” as a whole, by patronizing Aporia and I for debating syntax, you only elucidate the fact that your quote also applies to yourself. Side note, you should know how to at least spell ‘appropriately’ right before you go calling us idiotic. In addition to that, I’d recommend that you work on your run-on sentences. You shouldn’t have been taught that you could play umpire in disputes, instead, you should’ve been taught to be yourself. Know your place (in respect to social hierarchy), and mind your own business, you may get to live to the grand age of one-hundred because of it. Take a slice of your own advice. Have a nice day, “Mr. Student-Teacher”. 8-|

yay for emoticons!!!!!!!

::)

c.c

whos job is it to write that? this would be a fun workplace

Srry I messed tht all tha way up! I meant to put….@ms.karma….I understand your point….But I’m not going to lie I txt like tht!>as yu can cfor me< lyke this…But I’m tryin to be able to just doin it at tha rite tymes!!!! LMAO!!!!! Well imma go now feel free to comment!
**THNX**
@('_')@
♥BUTTER♥

well obviously it’s not coming out right!….@ms.karma….I understand your point….But I’m not going to lie I txt like tht!as yu can c But I’m tryin to get out of the habit to do it! I caught ma self doin it on a job application! :’( of course I had to get anotha one! it makes it easier to txt for me lyke this…But I’m tryin to be able to just doin it at tha rite tymes!!!! LMAO!!!!! Well imma go now feel free to comment! Hope this comes out right!!! LOLXZ………
**THNX**
@(‘_’)@
♥BUTTER♥

**THNX**
@(‘_’)@
♥BUTTER♥

Whatever people say, it’s an effective way to comunicate. lol.

Thats not really what that is for per sey. The idea is that files and email and stuff can be searched by words. The ELITE is like 17337. I think a lot of people dont realize the origin of that word. It was not originally “Elite” per sey. Most people that I know that used to Hack and Phreak told me that was the port that hackers prefered to use. 1337. ? or something like that. So the idea mainly was that emails and data transmision was somewhat secure becauseit coul dnot be easily read and in some cases to an untrained eye it just looks like garbage. If you imagine someone trying to intercept your transmission it would also be a lot of garbage. It mostly tricks the human factor not the computer factor.

Emotes and stuff like XTHX BYE or U for you and R for our and so on mainly became mainstream with texting, to save space. Given a text can only be so much space. However it coul dbe argued all the way back to PAGERS….

And almost all early internet was based off CD radio… CHANNELS became rooms or… whatever, and HANDLES became nicknames. way back int he day BBS’s said SQUELCH was ignore, same thing with CB radios.

“LeetSpeak” is also a way to annoy people like the one who wrote this blog, and make you ask questions about it.

Personally, I hate both Text-Talk and LeetSpeak. There is no need for them.

Where did codes for italics () and bold () and such originate? How does the computer read and analyze them? Are there substitutes? (I’ve seen [/i] been used.) What are other well used codes?
I’d like to see a blog on that.

Sorry, I meant codes like when you put the letter i inside of the greater-than and less-than signs (), then put this around the words you want italicised (the one at the end including a slash before the letter).

Urgh.

less than and greater than.

Not to mention that it’s “italisized” and NOT italicised” URGH, (again)

that is called “jejemon” in the Philippines.

woooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

that makes txtin kool

Leetspeak is not like texting at all. Leetspeak makes it HARD to understand, text abreiviations make it EASY to understand. lol, idk, rotfl, etc. are not leetspeak.

here are some of them i know:

gtg- gatta go

LOL- laugh out loud

LOL–LAUGH OUT LOUD

TTYL–TALK TO YOU LATER

IDK–I DONT KNOW THESE ARE WHAT
I KNOW BUT I THINK I
MISSED SOME!
IKR– I KNOW RIGHT

BRB–BE RIGHT BACK

GTG– GATTA GO

FROM TRINITY AGE:11 P.S. IM DOING H.W.!

these people are texting like Scene kids! I’m 14 and even I have better grammar than half of these people! Seriously people, it’s called English, not Computer-nese!

I was there in the BBS days. It was to prevent your conversation from being flagged by keyword filters when you were discussing matters which you wanted to make sure stayed off the record. BBSes were run by regular individuals, and being that you never really knew what type of person the owner (SysOp, system operator) was, there was always a slight paranoia about what was being recorded or searched later by others. Of course searches are exact, so anything that scrambled interesting words only slightly would skip the filter/search.

It’s also like the secret handshake and special code-words of a secret society. It made you feel “sneaky” doing it, because your fellow “elites” understood you but nobody else could.

@Misanthrope: I know that by commenting on your post, I am invitinting your wrath (assuming you haven’t given this thread up as a bad job). However, I wanted to point out a few things. Number one: you are being a hypocrite. You said in one of your posts that to attack someone is to ruin your credibility, yet all of your rebuttals cross over from “strongly worded” to “mean”. In the same post where you commented on the rudeness of attacking others, you called someone a moron. Number two: you seem to have forgotten (or maybe you just didn’t realize) that under some plans, people had to pay for each letter of a text message. Under that system, I think people who resorted to gtg and other abbreviations are perfectly justified. Number three: to defend one of your victims, I believe he was suggesting you use Pretentious as your name or add it to the begining of your name, not cram it into the middle of the word Misanthrope. Lastly, all the pretty SAT words in the world can’t hide the fact that you are just another troll (there is probably a more “formal” word for it, but I think troll works best in this instance).

Sincerely,
Nobody

PS. If it makes these things easier to tolerate, you could think of them as written dialects.

Why can’t we just text NORMAL words!!!!????? It’s easier to figure out and you don’t get headaches when u text!!!!!

I DON’T CARE ABOUT 1337!!!!!!! IT’S STUPID!!!!!
Ps: Sorry things like that annoys me! :p

1337 = hacker

1′M 571LL L3@RN1N9 8U7 17′5 FUN.

This is strange……but ANYWAYS,
The text Language:
Abbreviations:
LOL=laugh out loud
IDK=i dont know
WRYD=what are you doin
WBU= what about you
ROFL=rolling on floor laughing
TTYL=talk to you later
WYWTA=what ya wanna talk about
BRB=be right
Shorten Words:
bi=bye
luv=love
wer=were
gr8=great
ther=there
ur=your
cra-cra=crazy
idk anymore……….
Well hope you loved it ;P if u didnt know some of this stuff…….ur cra-cra…..;P

lol-laugh out loud
16p 16 and pregnant

Hejjo, i bet you can raed tihs. Mnkefys can fly!!!! Speilging udjd to be imprhtnt, and it isnt anmerore! none of the long words abvoe are spledidd crictklky, but are still reddfablle! all you need is the first plus last ltjtder to be same, and then it is pretty much lejgsitle.

is that cool

i

now i know how to fool my friends.

btw im not cra-cra
BTW=by the way
FYI=for your information
TTFN=ta-ta for now

We know this stuff but not morse code? :L …—…

this girl right here prefers regular english! while it may be quicker to text, deciphering takes waaaaaaaaaaaaay too long… especially when people think they can make up their own little code. *groan* yeah. that’s all i have to say. ttyl.

lol, morse code for S.O.S. Also couldnt they have done an easier example of a Interneese word such as LOL i think a lot of people pick that word up easier then some other words.

aye aye aye! WHO cares! lol jk :] g2g

as it says in the article, things like LOL and ROFL are much different than L33TSPEAK. LOL and OMG and words like that are abbreviations. L33T is, obviously, symbols used to make words, and used to many different reasons, but I’ve always thought of it as a way for people “in the know” about L33T, the “elite”, to communicate with eachother without the people who weren’t in the know understanding them. The name Elite also kind of implies the original users thought they were better than everyone or wanted to be, so they might’ve made up their own way of writing to show their “superiority” or “cleverness” on the internets.

annnnnd that’s all i have to say on it XD

(oh! text faces might be a good thing to cover! XD and O_O and B) and >8D and… the list goes on)

@Misanthrope: You are being a great fool to go after folks that speak differently than what you see as “correct.” You need to get off your high horse; those that unwaveringly speak and write in standard English while looking down at others that don’t are so misled. Do you not understand how much English has shifted over the years to the English you speak today? Do you have no concept of linguistics or speech evolution? I guess not. The English you speak is no better than any other English, just like your accent is no better than another accent. If everyone was like you, speech would become stale and boring.

I second danni about a discussion on emoticons. ^^

i forgot to add one thing…
XD!

Lol, you all need to lurk moar.
Lrn2internet

_/00 |\|0082 /=41/ @ |>15 /0/ 67|-|0 73|-| 1|\|73/^\/\/382

/0/ 1|\/| /-/1|\| /^167 |\|40

/0/ 1|\| |\|07 |_|51|\| 4 /337 7/^4|\|5/47/^ /0/

@rocker
_/00 15 4 />05

Technically, /337 5/>34|< shudnt use actual letters, like in "1!X3 7|-|!5" where it uses the x. it relly is /1/15 or /1/<3 7|-|15

if ur reading this you have no life

i wouldnt make a very good nerd….i could only get leet

get a life people

W0W! Tl-lAT l-lurt my l-lead! I love abbreviations like:
Rofl
ily
lol
lmao
gtg
ttfn
gr8
L8er
ttyl
But the whole letters and numbers and symbols to make a word is a little too much. Not so 8022 that means boss and 80082 means something that I should not say but you can figure out.

you areli your meen and i just dont mean you a mean everybody cause who ever did this article the did all there work to do this and for your imformation im CRITSTAN and i dont say bad words only SHUT UP you hear that ok wow SHUT UP and dont go around and be meen fast people gosh!!!!!!!!!!!P.S SHUT UP I DONT CARE IF YOU SAY WOW THIS GIRL IS MEEN I DONT CARE.BYE TTYL

hey, i think thats pretty interesting. but the fact that people would actually
make a comment on something like this is rediculous. and yes, i just insulted all you guys AND myself.

I don’t think ANYONE talks “1!X3 7|-|!5″ (like this)

Yeah, “lol” & “rotfl” etc. aren’t considered as leetspeak, these are called ACRONYMS. You sir, win a potato.

hi

what r we chating bout?

fro

TXT U L8ter.p LOL

Wow… really. You people gotta get this straight. gtfo iotp ima h8r ur a 10$r

haha wait i got some acronyms 4 u

haha im srry jkjk

(cum)plete (cum)pass

what…the…

HI!!!

i dont 1!X3 7|-|!5.. its too confusing..

hey guys im at school now in the 6th grade and i like shortcutting which is where you txt w/ lss caractrs and u use thngs lke lol idk ikr and DERP so i sorta do L33T but not rlly dat much.oops gtg teacher. bye!

whoever is here plz reply i need to chat becuase im bored in inschool detention but the teacher is sorta letting me do this

Do you know how LOOOOONG it would take me to be able to write like that?

Maybe, one day, when our race peeters out people will try to unravel the English language and will make many errors-or not even understand it-due to all the slang and text lingo.

w|-| 0|t r t|-|3y ta|k|ing ab0ut?

viking and john- it means “like this”, or “likes this”.

Hi, when you use predictive text on a mobile phone, the system will ’suggest’ words while you are typing. Is there a name for this suggested word. Thanks.

southernperson?

cra-cra !5 /I/07 5I-I0127312 012 345!312 70 7′/p3 7I-I4/I/ crazy!

just leave the leet people alone guys….

l-l!i C4l\l y0u 1234d 7l-l!5?
from
50/\/\30l\l3 \l/0o dol\l’7 l<l\l0\/\/

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

i find this having way to many comments.. anyway,

lol = laugh out loud

rofl = rolling on floor laughing

btw = by the way

idk = i dont know

dilligaf = does it look like i give a F*** (sorry for the “bad words”)

there is soo many more but i dont feel like writing them xD

ttyl =talk to u later

brb= be right back

irl= in real life

wd=well done

ty=thank you

np=no problem

gz=gratz

hi= hello (hahahaha i needed to say that)

well, now i will say
TTYL!

Love always,
<3

(o)(o)
) (
( v )

7|-|!5 !5 V3RY 900D.BC !7 !5 |-|3Lp 2 8R/-\!N 7UN!N9 /-\ND !NCR3/-\5!N9 0UR M3M0RY p0W3R.

X/-\R7|-|!CX=KARTHICK

T|-|ANX u

HI friends

this is very critical for using at first time.but it is help to our brain tuning and increasing memory power also.

and one thing friend ,this type of game i played before 10 years .

thanx
karthick

hi friens

its very critical for using at 1st time.but it is help to our braining tuning and increasing memory power also.

one thing friend this type of game i played 10 years before.

thanx
karthick

w0w

look at skyyyyy’s comment and fyi this is stupid ):<

u all are very weird writing that stuff but honestly txting abreviations are alot better cause sometimes ur parents do not know what it means which is a good thing

lolololololo0olololololololololol

aow uf8732q 99

John–

1!X3 7|-|!5 is Like This

It’s LEET, L33T, or LEETSPEAK.
It’s only when numbers are used to replace letters.
When you see words with excess P, H, F, W, Q, Z, X or vowels, it’s not the word, and there is no such thing.. but the person, labelled as a Jejemon. They call it Jejebet. (But even the “official website” named it wrong.. look it up…)

It’s LEET, L33T, or LEETSPEAK.
It’s only when numbers are used to replace letters.
When you see words with excess P, H, F, W, Q, Z, X or vowels, it’s not the word, and there is no such thing.. but the person, labelled as a Jejemon. They call it Jejebet / Jejenish – the alphabet and and the language. (But even the “official website” named it wrong.. look it up…)

* Technically, LOL is an initialism, “a name or term formed from the initial letters of a group of words and pronounced as a separate word.” *
It’s the opposite…

kewl ikr lol rotfl ily jk haha brb bye

btw its a matter of opinion if im cra cra lol

r0n1 w@$ h3r3

we always do that

wanna know how to keep an idiot busy?
see next coment…

wanna know how to keep an idiot busy?
see previous comment…

t|-|!s !s s0 k001

@love, nice chart

wanna know how to keep an idiot busy?
see next comment…

wanna know how to keep an idiot busy?
see previous comment….

@love, great chart

nice info

LOL, ROFL, TTYL, XOX, :p

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNY

add me in facebook… lol

H3H3, 1 US3 L33TSP34K 4LL TH3 T1ME >:]

Does 1337 (Leet) exist in languages other than English?

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! u$3 1337$P34|< 411 7H3 7!M3.

$3R!0U$1Y 7H0, !F U D0N7 N0 1337$P34|< 7H3N UR K!ND4 $7UP!D…

3FF U !F U D0N7 UND3R$74ND. 41SO !F U D!$4GR33 7H3N $CR3W U 4ND 4L$0 U D3F!N!73LY D0N7 H4V3 4NY BR4!N 4T 411.

Proper english for the win.

What does 5 mean? I have heard different things but i would like to know the real meaning!

lol hahaha:)

lmho like really that’s all

interesting im not confused anymore

wat ze !@$&

;0

I no rite? it gr8 4 wen u nd 2 sy sumtin fst!

Really? 1!X3 7|-|!5? |_337$p34|<? Really? "Like this." is "1!k3 7h!5", and for chrissake it's spelled "13375p33k". Rule number one of 13375p33k: if the character ratio from regular to 1337 is less than 1:1, then you're doin' it wrong. Hence: "|-|" is not 13375p33k for "H" and |< is not 13375p33k for "K"; they just remain in plain English. Just to clear up the original reasoning, by the way, 13375p33k was used to separate "techies" from "non-techies" (techie, by the way, is not a term used by anyone who would be referred to as a "techie"). The language known as "txt spk" also existed simultaneously, it was for chatting while gaming and for spamming things like "Frst!" and "OMGWTFBBQROFLCOPTERS"

My brain hurtsssssssssssssssssssssssssss

the playoffs started and im txting to my friends

Thats crazy but b-u-t-ful

All these thoeries. I wonder if someone was just bored. lol

who needs this! why not just write the words out!

L33t is also what you call a good gamer, so mostly online gamers know L33t.

BTW: Chixor=Grrl=Chic=Girl

Tough… Don’t think i will ever get this haha

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