Microsoft has "A parent's primer to computer slang" and I thought it was amusing:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx

funny :lolol:
I wonder how many parents find that interesting.

They've gotten to our underground world of leet talk. Thats just wrong!!! Parents should know their place and leave that for the kids >.<
oh and btw "fear" is ofter written as p|-|33|2 without the a =P

i teh pwnz

...btw "fear" is ofter written as p|-|33|2 without the a =P...
oh? i guess i'm not l33t enough then... ::cries::

seriously tho... I just copied and pasted that from the MS site. i thought it was funny cause I was imagining some old guy who was writing that and thinking of examples to use and thought of that.

"ARGH! ph34r my l33t skillz!! RAWR!"

i teh pwnz

I are teh pwn is better imo :p

Numbers are often used as letters. The term "leet" could be written as "1337," with "1" replacing the letter L, "3" posing as a backwards letter E, and "7" resembling the letter T. "0" (zero) will typically replace the letter "O."

Wow! It just blows the mind!

"w00t" or the smiley character \o/: A common interjection, analogous to "woohoo!"

You see, Parents; being aware of this information can help you protect your kids online.

"n00b," "noob," "newbie," or "newb": Combinations synonymous with new user. Some leetspeekers view "n00b" as an insult and "newbie" as an affectionate term for new users.

Yet another piece of information that parents may use to keep their kids out of trouble.

I honestly didn't know what most of that stuff meant, and I'm a kid!! I guess I am too caught up in books written in the English language to understand...:)

I do know some of the more common ones (i.e. "n00b", "w00t", "teh", "pwns") but I'm not exactly up to date with it all :)

lol anyone that plays an online game will quickly catch up on l33t talk since people use it all the time.

j00 rox0rs.
:lol:
The more parents try to decipher l33tspeak...the more difficult kids are going to make it. :P

I think parents are kind of worried that there kids will mistakedly youse those words in their "educational" learning. Like writting essays and stuff. But I dont see why Microsoft has to do that..lol.

I think parents are kind of worried that there kids will mistakedly youse those words in their "educational" learning. Like writting essays and stuff.

I don't think it's the parents, I think it'd be the teachers. Many of my classmates use chatspeak when they're actually writing in class and I constantly correct them, being the smart snob that I can be. :hehe:

Anyways, I bookmarked that Microsoft page. Priceless.

so what about

p|-|33r my |4x oph l33t skillz ?

Does that work, I'm just learning?

I hate l33t. :dead: It's so annoying, I can understand it and all but it's so... grr!

^ My friend once wrote her entire MSN name is l33t. It drove me CRAZY. :rolleyes:

"Grammar is rarely used"

Duh!

"m4d sk1llz" or "mad skills": Refers to one's own talent.

hahaha who even says that?? that made me "lol" :P

that was actually a pretty thorough explanation though, i was surprised that they picked up on the "pwned" and "roxors" and "teh" stuff.. hmm i wonder if they figured that stuff out on their own or had younger folk tell 'em?

Oh man, I know all that stuff in the article. I must spend way too much time online and playing mmorpgs. :lol: Hehe, theres even an article on greifers at the microsoft page.

That is too funny.

t's like a scientist explaining how to cut bread, and even makes that sound confusing.

That's some pretty cr45y 57uff. :D

My 4|/\/\ screen name is r3d bull3t... that is about all the 1337 I use. lol < most I have used in one sentence.

I dunno, that stuff is way to confusing for me! It drives me nuts when people type with numbers instead of letters. You would think since i'm a 'teen' i would know all of this.....well i knew some of it but not those number thingys.....

hahaha who even says that??
(about mad skills)

I do! Not necessarily the exact phrase "Mad skills" but I do still use the word mad to mean a lot. I also still say "phat." Does anyone else still use that word?

eveyone says mad skills in real life but I dont know anyone that uses it online. Usually nowadays people just say skillz or skillzzles or skittles to say they have skill,

eveyone says mad skills in real life

:confusion

Uh...