Are they just *trying* to ruin teenagers' minds?

[br00ster]

I direct you to...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/teens/

I don't recommend the youngins checking out the advice section though. O_o

[Ammer]

(And I saw some people in this topic who claim to use proper english when they're posts aren't even grammatically correct)

there's a difference between trying to type in proper english and making mistakes sometimes.

If you're making a post about "I can speak proper english, I never use chatspeak," it's wise to double check just in case you do make a mistake. For if you don't check for mistakes, your statement will become untrue.

[DM was on fire!]

God, it's like every teen magazine I've seen. Have these people never gone to school?

[Rachel]

lyk3 OMG dat 1z so tru 1 nvr luk dwn 0n sum1 hu uz3z t3h chtsp33k t3y kud b vry 5mrt but thur iznt a r3zun 2 tip3 lyk3 yor3 f1v3 y33rz uld 3vri1 k4n 4kt lyk3 0MG dunt luk dwn 0n p33pul hu uz teh cht5p33k but 1f 1 s3nt a m35ug3 lyk3 th4t 2u 1 d0wt u wud b lyk3 0 wll 4z l0ng 4z t3hy r m33n1ng 5umth1ng ten th3r3z n0 r3zun 2 ku3zt0n th3r 5murtn355 cuz t3hy n0 t3hy r teh k3w1n3s!!111!111!!1!!!! 1 s3r33uzly d0wt t4t n31 c4n st4nd up 4nd s4y 1 t1nk d4t pur5un 1z t3h 5murtn355 m4yb3 w3 4rnt th1nk1ng uv teh s4m3 l3v3l uv ch4tsp33k but 4t l33st 0n th15 l3v3l 1 dunt s33 h0w u c4nt ku3zt0n 4 p3rsunz 5murtn3ss t3hy 4rnt tr1ng 2 c0m00n1k4tz0rs tehy r g01n 0wt uv teh1r w4y 2 b3 4n0y1ng mutch lyk3 th1s m3s1g3 t3hy pwnz0rz lyk3 3vry1 1n t3h wurld!!11!111111 t3h p01nt uv d1z m35ug3 1z 2 4d4pt t3h p33pul 2 t3h 4cku4l 4n0y4nc3 uv t3h cht5p33k 4nd teh 1337n355 n0t 2 4ckt lyk3 4n 4r53 1n t3h pr0c3z 1 n0 1 c4nt d0 t3h 1337n355 r1ht 4z w3ll 4nd y3z t3h1r 1z m4j0r s4rc4zm 1nv0lv3d

you know, i got 2 lines into that and gave up!! which is what more than what i'd do if someone sent me a message in it!

another interesting link i came across the other week: http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/leet.php

[DM was on fire!]

|-|3 \/\/|-|0 $p34|{$ 1337 1$ 4 |\/|0®0|\|.

Cool find, Rachel!

[Shadowfare]

Wasn't one of Kelly Clarksons songs called: Since U been gone.

[Ammer]

Wasn't one of Kelly Clarksons songs called: Since U been gone.

Yes, it was.

I actually like that song too.

Go figure.

[robot]

Wasn't one of Kelly Clarksons songs called: Since U been gone.

I wanted to cry when I realized that she spelled you that way on her album.

[Morningstar]

Personally, I find it the magazine that o_0 mentioned to be extremely condescending to the teenage pre-college population. As if, the magazine staff was "coming down to your level" in order to communicate with you. How rude of them!

Funny, how it is Florida. Seems that various parts of the Florida government are in all sorts of trouble lately. Or at least on the news alot.

lyk3 OMG dat 1z so tru 1 nvr luk dwn 0n sum1 hu uz3z t3h chtsp33k t3y kud b vry 5mrt but thur iznt a r3zun 2 tip3 lyk3 yor3 f1v3 y33rz uld 3vri1 k4n 4kt lyk3 0MG dunt luk dwn 0n p33pul hu uz teh cht5p33k but 1f 1 s3nt a m35ug3 lyk3 th4t 2u 1 d0wt u wud b lyk3 0 wll 4z l0ng 4z t3hy r m33n1ng 5umth1ng ten th3r3z n0 r3zun 2 ku3zt0n th3r 5murtn355 cuz t3hy n0 t3hy r teh k3w1n3s!!111!111!!1!!!! 1 s3r33uzly d0wt t4t n31 c4n st4nd up 4nd s4y 1 t1nk d4t pur5un 1z t3h 5murtn355 m4yb3 w3 4rnt th1nk1ng uv teh s4m3 l3v3l uv ch4tsp33k but 4t l33st 0n th15 l3v3l 1 dunt s33 h0w u c4nt ku3zt0n 4 p3rsunz 5murtn3ss t3hy 4rnt tr1ng 2 c0m00n1k4tz0rs tehy r g01n 0wt uv teh1r w4y 2 b3 4n0y1ng mutch lyk3 th1s m3s1g3 t3hy pwnz0rz lyk3 3vry1 1n t3h wurld!!11!111111 t3h p01nt uv d1z m35ug3 1z 2 4d4pt t3h p33pul 2 t3h 4cku4l 4n0y4nc3 uv t3h cht5p33k 4nd teh 1337n355 n0t 2 4ckt lyk3 4n 4r53 1n t3h pr0c3z 1 n0 1 c4nt d0 t3h 1337n355 r1ht 4z w3ll 4nd y3z t3h1r 1z m4j0r s4rc4zm 1nv0lv3d

OK, now my eyes are crossed and my brain is hurting.

[Sapphire Faerie]

Wasn't one of Kelly Clarksons songs called: Since U been gone.

I wanted to cry when I realized that she spelled you that way on her album.

Not to mention Jewel's latest album.
Just look at the names of some of the tracks: "Run 2 U", "2 Find U", "Yes U Can", and of course "U & Me = Love"

What's even worse is when chatspeakers make fun of that choose to sound intelligent.
"Liek OMG w3re n0t n skool! Y r u talkng liek tat?"
And then when you explain that you prefer using proper English everywhere, they get angry and accuse you of thinking you're better than them.

[Asthaloth]

urge to kill... normal?!
i accepted the fact that idiots would rule the world when a girl handed in GCSE coursework in lesser 1337 (y'know, the c00l, pwn3d, f33r rubbish)
and had it marked, at a high pass (B i think)
well, as i wandered off while typing this i seem to have forgotten the rest of my point.

That. Actually. Happened?

Forgive me if I sound disbelieving of you. It's not you yourself I'm inclined to disbelieve. It's the sanity of the markers. They should have failed her. Completely. Disastrously. They should not have been able to comprehend it in the first place, which evidently they must have. Have you any idea what subject that was for? (Here I am, hoping that it's one I don't do, because if it is, I will feel dirty and my grades will be much less worth the hard work.)

English literiture disturbingly enough

What's even worse is when chatspeakers make fun of that choose to sound intelligent.
"Liek OMG w3re n0t n skool! Y r u talkng liek tat?"
And then when you explain that you prefer using proper English everywhere, they get angry and accuse you of thinking you're better than them.

well i do think im better, so i rest easy.
least i would were it not for the chronic insomnia.

and as for that bbc uk site...
wow. i figured that i was unembarresable.

gorldon bennet.

[Lillie]

Say it was the GCSE English literature and not IGCSE.

I don't understand how the teacher read it (presumably a teacher, since this is just coursework). Ooo, I hope it's moderated and slashed. (Although that's a rather mean thing to wish on somebody, but it would probably be worse if other people's grades got messed up because of this).

Oh goodness. If a 1337 essay gets a B, what the heck is a C-grade essay? Or an E-grade one, for that matter? O_o

(Since there's a surprising level of interest in 1337, I'm welcoming submissions for my PI series of the 1337 |)00|). Some of you older ones may remember I started running a series of articles of the 1337 |)00|) in an attempt to educate people about the 1337 \/\/0|21|). You must also provide a proper English translation under every paragraph of 1337.)

*considers reading Shakespeare to kindergaten kids during storytime* Fear my new generation of well-versed, proper English speaking babies! Rawr!

Problem with this bit is that I don't actually appreciate Shakespeare like I know I ought to.

[Adam loves Hilary Duff]

eyes=Iz
are=r
cool=kool

I=i
love=luv
you=u

Pretty soon the whole world will be chat speaking morons!
RUUUUUUUN!

[Twinkle]

So you're saying that anyone who types in chat language is a moron? Nice going there Adam, you've managed to offend quite a few people. I don't mind chat speak abbrievations are easy to understand and make IMing quicker, 1337 on the other hand...

[Adam loves Hilary Duff]

So you're saying that anyone who types in chat language is a moron? Nice going there Adam, you've managed to offend quite a few people. I don't mind chat speak abbrievations are easy to understand and make IMing quicker, 1337 on the other hand...

No......
But I am sorta sick of getting birthday cards that say
"2 Adum Hapy Brithdiay"