Hmmmm.......Thanks for the clarification. You make it sound like there is some intelligent explanation for the language. No Sir Re Jim Bob. I don't buy it, it's garbage. And I can gurantee that nobody uses the "l33t" talk in the way you explained, with that much thought behind it.
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What is "pwns"
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pwn comes from own because p is right next to o, so people hit the wrong key and boom instant new word.
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Great thread 
AFAIK, "pwn" was a typo by a game publisher in a manual. One of my groups had a thread on it somewhere; I'll see if I can find it again.
What I don't get is adding "eh" to practically every word. A site I'm on has boards mainly populated by 12-year-olds who do that a lot. Bugs the hell outta me...where did that one come from? The abovementioned site is the only place I've seen it used...
AFAIK, "pwn" was a typo by a game publisher in a manual. One of my groups had a thread on it somewhere; I'll see if I can find it again.
What I don't get is adding "eh" to practically every word. A site I'm on has boards mainly populated by 12-year-olds who do that a lot. Bugs the hell outta me...where did that one come from? The abovementioned site is the only place I've seen it used...
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Dreamstalker said:Great thread
AFAIK, "pwn" was a typo by a game publisher in a manual. One of my groups had a thread on it somewhere; I'll see if I can find it again.
What I don't get is adding "eh" to practically every word. A site I'm on has boards mainly populated by 12-year-olds who do that a lot. Bugs the heck outta me...where did that one come from?
Can you give us an example of the -"eh" addition? I'm not really sure what you're talking about.
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Hmmm... *pokes around to find some examples*
"Raineh"
"Silleh"
"Screeneh" (I'm assuming they meant screenshot)
"Munneh" (money, I think)
I've mostly seen it with words that already have a Y at the end, but there are a few manglings that even I can't figure out (and can't find or remember). It seems to have died off somewhat from a few weeks ago...
"Raineh"
"Silleh"
"Screeneh" (I'm assuming they meant screenshot)
"Munneh" (money, I think)
I've mostly seen it with words that already have a Y at the end, but there are a few manglings that even I can't figure out (and can't find or remember). It seems to have died off somewhat from a few weeks ago...
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nah, it's just replacing the -y sound with -eh, it sounds funny, i did it for a little, mostly for fun tho. it's just like people calling Prometeia's "prommies", Palomino's "Pallys", Northwoods "northys" and Prescotts "pressys" just a little differentRadical said:
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here is an article on leet from the BBC (I know its sad, the BBC did an article on l33t)
i think there is a difference between leet and words like lol, rofl, imo, etc.
leet take more work to type, its take longer for me to type h4x0r than it does for me to either type hacker or you suck. words like lol are more acronyms for other common phrases and i think are derived from chat programs.
i wouldnt mind knowing where things like roflcopter and bbq hax come though
I think teh is just a mispelling, at least for me it is when i am typing to fast.
as to the previous mention of meh, "meh" is just a short sound that conveys that you don't care, I think it started on the simsons when homer asked bart and lisa if they wanted to go to blocko land and they said meh. similar to how i have heard people say yoink when they are taking something, yoink is also simsons derived
i think there is a difference between leet and words like lol, rofl, imo, etc.
leet take more work to type, its take longer for me to type h4x0r than it does for me to either type hacker or you suck. words like lol are more acronyms for other common phrases and i think are derived from chat programs.
i wouldnt mind knowing where things like roflcopter and bbq hax come though
I think teh is just a mispelling, at least for me it is when i am typing to fast.
as to the previous mention of meh, "meh" is just a short sound that conveys that you don't care, I think it started on the simsons when homer asked bart and lisa if they wanted to go to blocko land and they said meh. similar to how i have heard people say yoink when they are taking something, yoink is also simsons derived
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heh, I've never seen teh eh thing (had to do it... hehe). I found a site once... maybe even in this thread, heh, that would translate what ever you would type into "AOLer" talk. Was pretty funny, I'll try to find a link.
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http://ssshotaru.homestead.com/files/aolertranslator.html
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http://ssshotaru.homestead.com/files/aolertranslator.html
