Isn't saying "txt-talk" technically text talk?

[Lady Fenrys]

Niccea Majeare

Fenrys Kijin

Question: What does "1337" mean?

sweatdrop I never figured it out...

It means leet. It was a computer chat language used by uber-nerds, but now it is used by noobs.

Ah! I see.

That's disgusting.

 

[Niccea Majeare]

What is disgusting?

If you want to be technical 1337 is above txt tlk, because it spells out words correctly...albeit in a funky manner. Still nothing beats good ol' fashioned English.  

[SarahT3hPixieV2]

The word 'txt' is an abbreviation of 'text'. Using 'txt' isn't the proper way to write it nor should it be accepted as a word. It's just an abbreviation people!  

[chrystalclear]

Niccea Majeare

Fenrys Kijin

Question: What does "1337" mean?

sweatdrop I never figured it out...

It means leet. It was a computer chat language used by uber-nerds, but now it is used by noobs.

Adding to this, "leet" was probably derived from "elite".  

[Blocktapus]

darkrose_eve

I'm just wondering, when people here say "txt-talk" isn't that technically considered text talk? I would love someone to give me a logical and reasonable explanation of why it is or why it isn't.

"Txt-tlk" as they say it.... Well... on the forums, we talk. how do we talk? Well, thats because we use our text to talk. So basically text talk should be chatting, but because of the so called noobs, it turned into chatspeak.
1337?
Its a phrase noobs use to praise other noobs... I think...






But anyways, we are in the gain grammar guide, So we should use proper
grammar.  

[chrystalclear]

"Gaian", my fellow literate. And yes, "|337" ("1337") is used for praising others, but it is also sometimes used as a substitute for chatspeak/"txt tlk".  

[Rinmer]

Usually it's got quotations around it, like so: "txt talk"
It's a way to mock the use of "txt talk". I know this probably isn't helpful in the least! sweatdrop  

[Lord Drago]

Hey, I dare you to try and talk like a "Txt tlker." I can do it really well, not that I used to be one. I always wondered what it meant and why they talked like that, but then it dawned on my that they were just lazy people.

Here's an example of my text talk proficiency, not that I will EVER talk like this... ever.


Hi PeOpLeS!!!!1 WUT U B3N UP TO I B3N FIN. JU5T TRYIN TO GET ROUND U NO? GAIA IS CONFUZIN AND 5TUF SO LIK I HAV NO ID3A WUT I5 GOIN ON ANYWAYZ. THER R 2 MANY FORUM5 N STUF, CANT NAVIGAT ANYMOR. WHY DO P33PZ HAV A GUILD THAT TLK BOUT GRAM3R??!!!!!!11 IT5 TOO CONFUZIN N3WAYZ. 5O NEWAYZ W3 N33D5 2 START A NOT GRAM3R GUILD 5O TAT WE KIN TLK HOW3V3R W3 WANT 2 5S DAT NO ON3 CUD T3L U5 HOW TO TLK. TAT WOOD B3 KOO CUZ W3 CUD TLK YA NO? I MEA AL DA TIME.  

[Lord Drago]

You gagged, didn't you? Yes. I'm sure you did. That's my txt tlk example, so don't think I talk like that. Oh and txt tlk isn't.... well it is bad grammar but here we're making fun of them, right?  

[x_Chromatic Zelda_x]

I guess that one could go both ways.

On the signatures, I think it's there because maybe the text-talkers are too dumb to know what it is.
And that IS the name of the language.

But if you get super-technical, I guess it is text talking, because it's spelled out as "txt-tlk".

I don't know.  

[x_Chromatic Zelda_x]

Lord Drago

Hey, I dare you to try and talk like a "Txt tlker." I can do it really well, not that I used to be one. I always wondered what it meant and why they talked like that, but then it dawned on my that they were just lazy people.

Here's an example of my text talk proficiency, not that I will EVER talk like this... ever.


Hi PeOpLeS!!!!1 WUT U B3N UP TO I B3N FIN. JU5T TRYIN TO GET ROUND U NO? GAIA IS CONFUZIN AND 5TUF SO LIK I HAV NO ID3A WUT I5 GOIN ON ANYWAYZ. THER R 2 MANY FORUM5 N STUF, CANT NAVIGAT ANYMOR. WHY DO P33PZ HAV A GUILD THAT TLK BOUT GRAM3R??!!!!!!11 IT5 TOO CONFUZIN N3WAYZ. 5O NEWAYZ W3 N33D5 2 START A NOT GRAM3R GUILD 5O TAT WE KIN TLK HOW3V3R W3 WANT 2 5S DAT NO ON3 CUD T3L U5 HOW TO TLK. TAT WOOD B3 KOO CUZ W3 CUD TLK YA NO? I MEA AL DA TIME.

...I can read that, does that make me bilingual?  

[Lady Fenrys]

Niccea Majeare

What is disgusting?

If you want to be technical 1337 is above txt tlk, because it spells out words correctly...albeit in a funky manner. Still nothing beats good ol' fashioned English.

I meant the fact that illiterate humans use the term with the rest of their jargon.

 

[tfklovr]

Hehe yes it is, that's really funny, I never thought of that.  

[c r o i s]

I know! I never knew what that meant.

Well, what does "j00b" mean? I've seen it, but I've never figured it out.  

[Trinity Fields]

Of course!!