Microsoft's guide to l337speak

[tandoc]

by Microsoft, no less.

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

:biggrin2:

some other interesting articles linked from that page...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6928800/
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/online/netiquette.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/learnmore/mmo.mspx

[Nick]

Dammit, I just want to know what QFT or QTF or whatever the hell it is means.

[Robert]

Dammit, I just want to know what QFT or QTF or whatever the hell it is means.
QFT = Quoted For Truth

[Nick]

Thanks!

[Conscript]

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

LOL!

Excerpt:


Key points for learning leetspeek

• 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."

• Characters of similar appearance can be used to replace the letters they resemble. For example, "5" or even "$" can replace the letter S. Applying this style, the word "leetspeek" can be written as "133t5p33k" or even "!337$p34k," with "4" replacing the letter A.

• Letters can be substituted for other letters that may sound alike. Using "Z" for a final letter S, and "X" for words ending in the letters C or K is common. For example, leetspeekers might refer to their computer "5x1llz" (skills).

• Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed. Some leetspeekers will capitalize every letter except for vowels (LiKe THiS) and otherwise reject conventional English style and grammar.

• Mistakes are often uncorrected. Common typing misspellings (or typos) such as "teh" instead of "the" are left uncorrected and may be adopted to replace the correct spelling.

• Non-alphanumeric characters may be combined to form letters. For example, using slashes to create "/\/\" can substitute for the letter M, and two pipes combined with a hyphen to form "|-|" is often used in place of the letter H. Thus, the word "ham" could be written as "|-|4/\/\."



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

LOL Too funny. Microsoft is L4m3 :-)

[jmiller]

Yeah, this was posted here just the other day. Heh. :/

[Conscript]

Ah crap, I use multiple comps to check this board so I never know whats new. I guess someone else on here must also visit Paul Thurrot's site regularly :)

[tandoc]

I saw it on /. actually >.>

[Toefur]

There are few things I hate more than "l337 speak".

[niv]

Speaking in real english is truly elite. None of that leet speak crap.

EDIT: I like how they called it kidspeak...anyone who uses shorthand like that needs to grow up.

[Conscript]

Its not even shorthland. Leetspeak often takes more time to type and sure as hell more time to read if the other person uses it a lot.

[Xofia]

That's truly sad... but true... heh.

[Wojtek]

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