Now I can talk to certain teenagers I know.

[Maestro]

http://ssshotaru.homestead.com/files/aolertranslator.html

:rofl:

THIS IS A RILLY COL D3VIEC 2 US3 WH3N TOKNG 2 KIDS WHO PRAFER 2 TEXT RATH3R THAN TOK!11!1 OMG WTF LOL

[EFerrari]

1. LOL! I bet my youngest can speed read that.

:rofl:

[NYdemocrat089]

2. I hate that.

TOKNG LIEK TAHT RILLY ISNT COL1!!1 OMG WTF LOL

[Maestro]

3. I like talking too

BUT SOMETHNG HAS HAPEN3D 2 OUR CULTURE NOW SO TAHT TENAEGRS WANT 2 TYPE TEXT IN SOM3 SORT OF CODA!1!11! WTF LOL PERSONALY I THINK IT IS DUMB11!1111 WTF LOL

[NYdemocrat089]

4. My English teacher used to lecture us on this.

He thinks instant messaging is ruining the language. We tried to convert him by making him a screen name, but he resisted.

None of my friends talk like that - except for short things like "lol" or "omg."

[NYC Liberal]

5. I try to maintain some semblence of grammar when IMing/emailing

people.

[Maestro]

9. I don't think it is ruining the language

but I just don't get the reasoning behind it. It's not like it is actually saving time or anything. Oh well, I guess I am showing my age.

[uppityperson]

6. WOW11111! OMG

AHA SO THIS IS HOW IT WORKS?!?!!! OMG WTF LOL OK LET ME TRY IT AGANE1!1!1 OMG LOL

[fortyfeetunder]

7. A 12 YO?

I have folks at work twice that age that send e-mail to me like this...

[Elidor]

8. U MAN ITS TIEM 2 CL3AN UR ROM!!111 WTF

a translation of "Young man, it's time to clean your room." LOL!

[Chicken Girl]

10. DU IS DA NIECST AND BST FORUM ON TEH INTERNET

DU IS DA NIECST AND BST FORUM ON TEH INTERNET AND I TYPAD OUT THIS MESAEG VERY CAERFULY AND SPELCH3KED IT1!!!!11! OMG WTF LOL

[LisaL]

11. WUT A GR3AT IEDA!111 OMG WTF NOW I CAN COMUNICAET WIT 12 YAAR OLDS

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

12. "book" = "cool"

I learnt this the other day -- apparently 'predictive text' on mobile phones often predicts "book" when you want to say "cool" & rather than correct it, kids let it stay & it's now fallen into common usage.

[Maestro]

19. How book is that?

:shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

22. Hahaha!

Funniest thing I've read all night.

[Bouncy Ball]

24. Those kids. They're so uncool they don't know how to turn off

predictive text!

LOL!

[TimeChaser]

13. Although I'm a teenager

I somehow managed to avoid that trend. I first got into chatroom back when I was 12, and the only slang at that point was "lol" "brb" and "gtg"

[MiniMandaRuth]

17. I still love your little siggy thingy.

But I can't decide if I liked your FMA or this one more...

Wolf's Rain is cool. That's what it's from, right? Memory fails me.

[TimeChaser]

18. Thanks :)

Yep, that's Kiba from Wolf's Rain.

I'm probably going to change my sig picture every other month or so, since I have ton of ideas bouncing around inside my brain. So I'll have another FMA one sooner or later.

[MiniMandaRuth]

21. Cool.

My friend is trying to get me hooked on FMA. It'll happen soon, right after I get off my Fruits Basket addiction.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. My fondness of the english language saved me from that crap...

I was around 12 when I got into it as well (I'm 20 now) and I've always hated it. Whenever my younger cousins talk to me on MSN they use that stuff and it drives me insane.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. lol!1!11

MAH TENAEGD DAUGHTER SAYS SHE WUDNT B CAUGHT DAAD TYPNG 2 HER FREINDS LIEK TAHT!11!!11 OMG HA1!11!!11 LOL

I love how everything has an LOL after it. :rofl:

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Too funny. Check out this sentence on Bush....

G3ORG3 W1!1!1 OMG LOL BUSH IS DA WORST PR3SIEDNT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEN1!!1111! OMG WTF HA SHUD B IMP3ACH3D FOR TR3ASON111!!!1! OMG WTF

[Mutley]

16. OMG Y?!!!!?? WTF LOL

:rofl:

[redsoxliberal]

20. hahahahahahahha