can you guys help me?

[ArticulateT]

I'm meant to be doing some research for english language. before you ask why I'm posting here, let me finish

as our individual investigations, I decided on the development of language in online gaming communities, and I was advised to focus my study on Leet speak.

I would have posted in the forum games section, but that would have narrowed my search by quite a bit. so, can you guys do me a favour?

I need ten people who can speak in leet fluently. as most leet varies because of the amount of symbals per letter is alot, I need the ten of you to write these in leet:

the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.

that should be enough. if you guys could do this for me, I thank you loads. if I could e-mail chocolate cake and other delicious goods, I would, but all I can offer is a big thanks to all who help me.

also

 

[-Wolfy-]

Isn't a pangram supposed to use all of the letter in the alphabet? I.E. The quick BROWN fox jumps over the lazy dog. I'll try and redirect some people here to help you out.

 

[ArticulateT]

thanks dude. I guess I forgot to add brown. but I was trying to think of good examples you see variations of speech. I'll edit that.

 

[-Wolfy-]

No biggie, they have loads of examples of pangrams on wikipedia if you're ever compelled. I'm going to put a link to your thread in my sig to send people to it.

EDIT: there, I'll try and get some people going your way.

 

[Sensai]

Hey, just stumbled across this.

If you still need help, I'll be willing to type those up in 1337 for ya. It's been a while since I've been in middle school (ba-zing!) but I can still do it.

 

[Xsyven]

The internet is your friend. http://www.brenz.net/l337Maker.asp

7|-|3 QU1(|< br0\/\/|\| Ph0>< jU/\/\P3D 0\/3r 7|-|3 L4Z'/ d09

90D d035 |\|07 pL4'/ d1(3 \/\/17|-| 7|-|3 U|\|1\/3R53; |-|3 pL4'/5 4|\| 1|\|3PhPh4BL3 94/\/\3 0Ph |-|15 0\/\/|\| d3\/151|\|9, \/\/|-|1(|-| /\/\19|-|7 b3 (0/\/\P4R3D, PhR0/\/\ 7|-|3 p3R5P3(71\/3 0Ph 4|\|'/ 0Ph 7|-|3 07|-|3R pL4'/3R5, 70 b31|\|9 1|\|\/0L\/3D 1|\| 4|\| 0B5(UR3 4|\|D (0/\/\PL3>< \/3R510|\| 0Ph p0|<3R 1|\| 4 p17(|-| d4R|< r00/\/\, \/\/17|-| bL4|\||< (4RD5, Ph0R 1|\|Ph1|\|173 574|<35, \/\/17|-| 4 d34L3R \/\/|-|0 \/\/0|\|'7 73LL j00Z 7|-|3 rUL35, 4|\|D \/\/|-|0 5/\/\1L35 4LL 7|-|3 71/\/\3.

 

[pwnzorz]

pretend internet doesnt exist.

j00 /-\|23 -|-34|_()53!!!11!!eleven!!!1!

 

[ArticulateT]

thanks guys, keep em coming. I need ten, and I so far have1 or 2

 

[WaterTails]

Sensai, that wasn't very nice...


+|-|3 0\(_)!( |< |-) |)\ 0 \/\/ |\| |= @ \/\/ |<$ j(_)/\/\ |=) 3 |)

The quick brown fox jumped (too lazy to type any more, 1337 sucks)

 

[pikachun00b7]

Look at the end of the sentence and the run on sentence.

the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog!1

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time!1

I am so ****ing baddass.

 

[Zink]

Am I the only one who thinks this is the wrong approach? If you want valid information, why specifically ask for leet when nobody speaks it anymore? It's kind of a dead language.

 

[ArticulateT]

suprisingly, I've seen people use leet quite alot. sure, it's dying, but it's still around. and as it's the biggest part of gaming language, it is probably a good thing to start here. (I would do it on a MMOG, but the thing is, I'm not part of one anymore, and I don't think it would please my parents if I bought one just to play it for one day)

 

[Sensai]

LOL

I love how we on the Internet call it a dead language the way normal people call Latin a dead language. ****...that's pretty funny.

the - quick - brown - fox - jumped - over - the - lazy - dog
+}{3 - (,)|_|!(]{ - 1312()\/\//\/ - |=()>< - _!|_|/\/\[]D3|) - ()\/312 - +}{3 - |_47__v - |)()6

I'll do the other one in a moment or two.

 

[Tom]

the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of his own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.

th3 qu1ck br0wn ph0x jump3d 0v3r th3 l4zy d0g

g0d d035 n07 pl4y d1c3 w17h th3 un1v3rs3 h3 pl4y5 4n 1n3ff4bl3 g4m3 0f h1s pwn d3v1s1ng wh1ch m1gh7 b3 c0mp4r3d phr0m th3 p3rsp3c71v3 0f 4ny 0f 7h3 07h3r pl4y3r5 2 b31ng 1nv0lv3d 1n 4n 0bscur3 4nd c0mpl3x v3rs10n 0f p0k3r 1n 4 p17ch d4rk r00m w1th bl4nk c4rd5 ph0r 1nf1n173 574k35 w17h 4 d34l3r wh0 w0n7 73ll y0u th3 rul35 4nd wh0 sm1l35 4ll th3 71m3.

there is a such thing as simplified leet speak, the one you actually still see people use in fps and mmorpgs when they want to use leet but actually cant spend too much time talking.

 

[ArticulateT]

thanks guys. this is really helping me. I should get a good grade from this. I would have done my investigation on something else, but video games are all I know, so, I chose this (plus, my teacher expected me to do this)

 

[Jammer]

I hate to say this, but your English paper isn't going to be very scientific. You can't just tell people to talk some way to see how it happens in the real world. That's like telling an American to speak with their best French accent to get an idea of what real French accents sound like. It'll be too strong and not even what French accents sound like (look at the posts above/ 100|< @t 7e|-| p05T$ /\|30\/3 ). Nobody actually talks like that. And one person even used a computer program to translate your sample passage into leetspeak.

Whyt Diablos, if that matters to you and you aren't too far into your paper already, I suggest going into an actual game online and writing down some of the chat. I think you'll find that most people use 1337speak only at the ends of sentences, like this one!!111!one11eleventyone11!

I don't want to be mean or anything. I'm just sayin'.

 

[ArticulateT]

I know, but as said before, I don't play an MMOG anymore, and my parents wouldn't be very pleased paying for a month when I only need a day.

As leet varies from person to person, I think it's safe to say that a camparison and analitical review of leet trends would help out. for example, while Tom uses numbers to replace letters, and other letters to replace real ones, the others who have submitted their leet use symbols and other lexical features which would not require any letters what so ever. I am aware that leet is swiftly dying/has died, but I have seen alot of people use it, especially on games like Halo on the PC and lineage 2. even city of heroes had people talking in leet most of the time, so i couldn't understand what the smeg they were saying.

bearing in mind, I wont just be studying various adaptations of leet, I'll also be studying the phonology of phrases and various semantic fields. for example, in txt speak, you'd just say rofl, but in leet, you'd most likley say "Roffle my Woffles" or something similar.

and plus, I'll be studying other lexical and semantic features of the online game world. roleplaying, reviewing excetera, I think I'll have enough bases to cover if leet falls through. and even if it's a dead language, it's just as interesting to me for an investigation as latin or cornish.

thanks for your concern though

 

[Jammer]

Ahh, I see you are studying what leet means to different individuals. I thought you were going for a "whole language" approach. That makes more sense.

I don't have the time give you a sample, so I'll just tell you what I do when I have to speak leet. My method is to think of what letter I want to write--for example, a capital B--and look at the keyboard for shapes that make it. I think, hey, a B has a vertical bar and a three, so I type |3. Tada. Then I repeat for the next letter. Hope this helps.

 

[ArticulateT]

it does, thanks a whole bunch, Jammer

 

[pikachun00b7]

Only 12 year olds and one of my friends use leet. How much people HERE ,on qaming forum, type in leet?
It should be used just for irony.