Strange when you think of it.

[old.Tohtori]

w8=wait

Now if i'm correct, weight is the correct way to type this. Now, if people shout to me "Weight!" i rarely stop..well i do but only to ask if they have a problem with my horizontal problem

m8=mate.

Now shouldn't that be meight? And if so, what is a meight?

l8r/l8= later/late

Now these are actually leightr/leight. I'm not sure about my own english but i don't think saying "See you leightr" is correct.

PLZ=please

Isn't that pleaze? And since when has please been written with a z?

K=ok.

Ok is short for allright, basicly, but why on earth did ok have to be replaced with a capital single letter? Did the two lil ones merge?

KK=ok

Why use two when you mean the same thing with one? I'm confused...

These are only a few..i'll be sure to make a PRT(why on earth is it prt...one more letter!...sigh) II(we do have numbers...romans were a bit dull...) when i have the energy.

 

[old.Dillinja]

Bah it's just to make things easier m8.

edit : but something that really does piss me off is 'kthxbye' <shudders> if only I could get my hands on whoever made that up.

 

[Hargh]

Mez is the american abreviation but I can see why it's used as Mes seems to ahve a soft s

 

[baphomet]

I have a problem with soz = Sorry.

Why the "z" on the end?

 

[baphomet]

And when people say okies instead of OK.
Okies sounds stupid.

 

[old.Dillinja]

Originally posted by baphomet
I have a problem with soz = Sorry.

Why the "z" on the end?

Yeah soz is annoying too :\

cyber-geeks mauling the English language imo :|

 

[Hargh]

okies m8 , soz.

kthksbye

 

[Sharma]

Originally posted by baphomet
And when people say okies instead of OK.
Okies sounds stupid.

what about the ned flanders?


okely dokely

 

[old.Tohtori]

Originally posted by sharma
what about the ned flanders?


okely dokely

Piss off Flanders!

 

[old.Dillinja]

nerf ned tbh

homer needs buffing up

 

[old.LandShark]

You aren't allowed to complain about the language being mauled and then use 3 net abbreviations in the space of 4 lines.

 

[old.Dillinja]

Originally posted by old.LandShark
You aren't allowed to complain about the language being mauled and then use 3 net abbreviations in the space of 4 lines.

Bah, who says?

 

[Jonaldo]

Actually w8 and m8 are the most annoying ones, pisses me off no end when people use them. Illiterate fucks.

 

[old.tRoG]

I hate the word 'mate' anyway.

It sounds so... Yobbo-ish.

 

[gengi]

I hate the word 'mate' anyway.

Yes we should be pals not mates, then we could all have an active life. Its true I saw it in an advert on the TV..

Later

 

[old.Dillinja]

[posh] Yes we should all be good pals and go down to the lake and have a jolly good game of football while mother bakes us a cake. What do you say old chaps? [/posh]


... Saying mate and anything else like that just comes as second nature to me irl.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Jolly good show Dillinja mate. I do say i would fancy a bite of a biscuit and a cup of old good Earl Grey.

That i don't mind, i mind people writing it like...

Righto Dil! LeZ get a biz beFo the T gets cold.

 

[old.Jessica]

This conversation is older than the hills...


Meanwhile, here is something from history to remind us all why we love/hate 1337 5P34K


http://www.imanewbie.com/imatoons/ima128.shtml

Enjoy

 

[Jebelious]

go and learn the fenetical(sp?) alphabet!

i really do wish i could spell

 

[Danya]

The original point tho...
It's a phonetic substitution not a literal spelling one. Duh.
I don't tend to use substitutions with numbers though, I find them harder to read (and type) than letters.

And trog, piss off scally!

 

[Jebelious]

cheers for the right spelling

 

[Addlcove]

Originally posted by gengi
Yes we should be pals not mates, then we could all have an active life. Its true I saw it in an advert on the TV..

Later

so instead of insulting people by calling them whores you´ll call them paypal?

 

[Jexa]

Originally posted by old.Dillinja
Yeah soz is annoying too :\

cyber-geeks mauling the English language imo :|

Soz is used by non computer using types, and i guess it's spelt that way because sos = save our souls.

Get a clue.

 

[old.Tohtori]

What does SOS have to do with sorry? Odd people these computer types