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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.veni vidi PWNED! -
nah, the sad geeks that use 1337 will obviously never breed to pass on their genes, it'll die off in a generation!Comment
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Hmm, searching for the right phrase to answer with...
Oh yeah. "God Forbid," that's it.Comment
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Otherwise we will be PWN3D!BlahComment
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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 surviveComment
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No, English will be the normOriginally 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
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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."I work in IT so I'd be buggered without a computer" - Words of wisdom from Provost Harrison
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You took the words right out of my mouth....Originally posted by Elok
Hmm, searching for the right phrase to answer with...
Oh yeah. "God Forbid," that's it.Comment
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Re: will 1337 ever intergrate with "proper" english?
how could you use the unpronouncable 'pwned' in a normal conversation? (unless you pronounced it incorrectlyOriginally 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? )
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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.Comment
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yuck, won't be able to stand seeing the word after 'hearing' such suggestionsOriginally 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.
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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.We're sorry, the voices in my head are not available at this time. Please try back again soon.Comment
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