1337 (Leet)

[Bakiryu]

Does anyone here speak leet? And particularly, is it even cool anymore?

Lately, some friends have been a bit obsessed with it.

What do you think?


Y35, 17 15 4n07h3r r4nd0m 84k1ryu-y qu35710n. 1'm w31rd |1k3 7h47. :D

[Lily Adams]

Y35, 17 15 4n07h3r r4nd0m 84k1ryu-y qu35710n. 1'm w31rd |1k3 7h47. :D

I've never had any previous experience with it, (except maybe I've seen it only with one word in a sentence or so) but I can tell you I can read that.

I'd be neat to learn it.

[Niamh]

When i was a kid it was gibberish that people spoke. I never got the hang of it and never understood what the big deal was. still dont. Definitely dont see the point of this one though.

[Logos]

.... is it even cool anymore?
IMO No and never was :p

[NikolaiI]

Now is 1337 just a typing thing or is it something you speak? if so, what is it when you speak it? i remember it when gaming online, but i don't remember much more than people saying 1337, or L337...actually, i had a t-shirt that said that! i liked it a lot...no clue where i got it or where it went, tho.

[Bakiryu]

IMO No and never was :p

You just crushed the hopes of a thousand nerds :(


I think it's funny for passing notes in class, your teachers can't understand it. Don't know why since it's d*** easy to read.

[crisaor]

IMO No and never was :p
I'm of that opinion as well.

[Moira22100]

what is leet?

[crisaor]

what is leet?
Look here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet).

[Oniw17]

The only place I've ever seen it was in MMOs, so no, it's not very cool.

[AdoreroDio]

Does anyone here speak leet? And particularly, is it even cool anymore?

Lately, some friends have been a bit obsessed with it.

What do you think?


Y35, 17 15 4n07h3r r4nd0m 84k1ryu-y qu35710n. 1'm w31rd |1k3 7h47. :D

Bakiryu, 17 15 n07 r4nd0m, 7h0ugh l337 15 f4r fr0^^ (00l
(translation- It is not random, though leet is far from cool.)

[bibliophile190]

I can read it, but can't type it. I personally can't stand it. It drives me insane.

[RoCKiTcZa]

Nope, but it does seem cool. Except a little bit readable. I think I can figure out how it works. Guess that would sound incredible when spoken...

[SleepyWitch]

hey, that's cool, Baki! I've never heard of 1337 before. I'm going to learn it so I can note down my dark secrets during lectures :)

[papayahed]

Nope, but it does seem cool. Except a little bit readable. I think I can figure out how it works. Guess that would sound incredible when spoken...

It can be spoken? How does that work?

[syiah]

Simple opinion:

l337 $p3@k k!ll$ 7h3 3y3z!

:D Other than that, pretty cool.

[AuntShecky]

Life is too short for computer games and the associated lingo. At least, it's too short when you get to be my age.
What's wrong with English? Instead of squandering one's time on this contrived argot, shouldn't we try to speak and
write the best English that we can? At least that is my ever-humble opinion.
Sincerely,
Aunt "Fly-By-Night"* Shecky
*Dubbed so by Lote-Tree the other day

[RobinHood3000]

I'm with Logos. It's slow to type, slow to read, and provides no encryption value whatsoever to anyone who really wants to see what you're saying.

[Bakiryu]

I'm with Logos. It's slow to type, slow to read, and provides no encryption value whatsoever to anyone who really wants to see what you're saying.

nah, it's really fast with a 1337 translator.

For example, it would take about three seconds to translate this:

Randomness is the meaning of the Baki-life!

R4nd0mn355 15 7h3 m34n1n6 0f 7h3 84k1-|1f3!

[papayahed]

why not just use pig latin? it's about as easily readable.

[Bakiryu]

why not just use pig latin? it's about as easily readable.

I have no idea. I would be screwed them, I can't understand pig latin even if my life depended on it.

(Try reading leet with number dislexia! http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t37/kizz_ye/sdo%20emoticon/E59E6664148FAD57F2F74F751CA96E76.gif )