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    will 1337 ever intergrate with "proper" english?

    Languages evolve as the new replaces the old, while shakespear gets more difficult for students with each generation. Will the informal usages of 1337 survive the passage of time and become mainstream as people talk with words like LOL? I'm sure I'm not the only one to use terms like pwned in normal conversation, but will the rest of the english speaking world follow?

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    Nah, this is like asking if smileys will ever enter the spoken language.
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    nah, the sad geeks that use 1337 will obviously never breed to pass on their genes, it'll die off in a generation!

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    Hmm, searching for the right phrase to answer with...

    Oh yeah. "God Forbid," that's it.
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    A few words of the internet culture will probably become mainstream by the time we grow old. However, since 1337 is mostly a written convention of otherwise regular language (no matter how crap they speak it), you won't hear it too much.

    However, the French internet culture promotes horrendous grammar, and it is very likely that horrendous grammar becomes the norm by the time I grow old
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    the words leet and pwn and OMG will probably survive

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    Originally posted by Spiffor
    A few words of the internet culture will probably become mainstream by the time we grow old. However, since 1337 is mostly a written convention of otherwise regular language (no matter how crap they speak it), you won't hear it too much.

    However, the French internet culture promotes horrendous grammar, and it is very likely that horrendous grammar becomes the norm by the time I grow old
    No, English will be the norm

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    Like Kuci said, "lol", "omg" and "teh" will probably survive. "pwned" might not because with it, and many others, there is a pronunciation issue. If it does survive it'd be limited to the internet.
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    Originally posted by Elok
    Hmm, searching for the right phrase to answer with...

    Oh yeah. "God Forbid," that's it.
    You took the words right out of my mouth....

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    Question Re: will 1337 ever intergrate with "proper" english?

    Originally posted by MORON
    Languages evolve as the new replaces the old, while shakespear gets more difficult for students with each generation. Will the informal usages of 1337 survive the passage of time and become mainstream as people talk with words like LOL? I'm sure I'm not the only one to use terms like pwned in normal conversation, but will the rest of the english speaking world follow?
    how could you use the unpronouncable 'pwned' in a normal conversation? (unless you pronounced it incorrectly )

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    I am telling you, there is a proper pronounciation for 'pwn'.

    It's the same as the chess piece: "pawn", only used as as a verb.

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    Sick

    Originally posted by Azazel
    I am telling you, there is a proper pronounciation for 'pwn'.

    It's the same as the chess piece: "pawn", only used as as a verb.
    yuck, won't be able to stand seeing the word after 'hearing' such suggestions

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    Actually 1337 lingo actually came from the telephone hackers (pre-www), so it has been around for more than a generation and is still growing.
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    It's also seeing widespread adoption in World of Warcraft, because it's the only way to speak to the opposing faction in-game due to language barriers and translators.

    For example, "|_ 0 |_"
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    Wouldn't "pwn" sound like "own", if it was originally a typo on an online multiplayer game? It's pronunciation depends on its origins I'd guess.
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    Everyone knows "pwn" is pronounced "pown".
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    You've gotta admit that - without knowing that - it's a very weird weird way of saying it.
    p+w = po ???

    As other's have said, a few words will make, most won't.
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    Originally posted by St Leo
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    True.

    Woot and leet might also survive.
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    There are weirder pronounciations in the real English language.
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    Originally posted by Azazel
    I am telling you, there is a proper pronounciation for 'pwn'.

    It's the same as the chess piece: "pawn", only used as as a verb.
    only for ashkenazim.
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    Originally posted by Stefu


    True.

    Woot and leet might also survive.
    Woot is probably one I even like. It's a very trendy word though.

    Remember "dig".
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    Pwn is Welsh for gay anal sex. Be careful what you say people

    And no, I sincerely hope these words never infiltrate the English language...
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    Pwn is Welsh for gay anal sex.


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    By association, he's been pwnd several times already.
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    Some words from the Internet culture will defiitely make it into English. Like the Internet-meaning of "own". However, I dislike the way this leet-speak is used on most boards. Actually, the problem is not so much the leetspeak itself but rather the fact that many people don't even bother to write properly. I mean, completely - tons of spelling mistakes, awful grammar and no capitalization. And yes, these are native English speakers.
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    It already is.

    I reckon soon people will say lol instead of laughing.
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    Originally posted by Azazel
    Pwn is Welsh for gay anal sex.


    How do you know this?
    Well known fact.

    And smilies one day will enter spoken language colon dash close bracket.

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    Originally posted by Provost Harrison
    And smilies one day will enter spoken language colon dash close bracket.
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