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Alpha
21. Februar 2005, 17:08
Understand how your kids communicate online to help protect them.

While it's important to respect your children's privacy, understanding what your teenager's online slang means and how to decipher it is important as you help guide their online experience. While it has many nicknames, information-age slang is commonly referred to as leetspeek, or leet for short. Leet (a vernacular form of "elite") is a specific type of computer slang where a user replaces regular letters with other keyboard characters to form words phonetically—creating the digital equivalent of pig Latin with a twist of hieroglyphics.

Leet words can be expressed in hundreds of ways using different substitutions and combinations, but once one understands that nearly all characters are formed as phonemes and symbols, leetspeek isn't difficult to translate.

Key points for learning leetspeek


Numbers are often used as letters. The term "leet" could be written as "1337," with "1" replacing the letter L, "3" posing as a backwards letter E, and "7" resembling the letter T. "0" (zero) will typically replace the letter "O."

Characters of similar appearance can be used to replace the letters they resemble. For example, "5" or even "$" can replace the letter S. Applying this style, the word "leetspeek" can be written as "133t5p33k" or even "!337$p34k," with "4" replacing the letter A.

Letters can be substituted for other letters that may sound alike. Using "Z" for a final letter S, and "X" for words ending in the letters C or K is common. For example, leetspeekers might refer to their computer "5x1llz" (skills).

Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed. Some leetspeekers will capitalize every letter except for vowels (LiKe THiS) and otherwise reject conventional English style and grammar.

Mistakes are often uncorrected. Common typing misspellings (or typos) such as "teh" instead of "the" are left uncorrected and may be adopted to replace the correct spelling.

Non-alphanumeric characters may be combined to form letters. For example, using slashes to create "/\/\" can substitute for the letter M, and two pipes combined with a hyphen to form "|-|" is often used in place of the letter H. Thus, the word "ham" could be written as "|-|4/\/\."

It's important to remember that the leetspeek community encourages new forms and awards individual creativity, resulting in a dynamic written language that eludes conformity or consistency. However, there are a few standard terms. The following is a sample of key words that haven't changed fundamentally (although variations occur) since the invention of leetspeek. The first series is of particular concern, as their use could be an indicator that your teenager is involved in the theft of intellectual property, particularly licensed software.

Leet words possibly indicating illegal activity:

• warez" or "w4r3z": Illegally copied software available for download.


• "h4x": Read as "hacks," or what a computer hacker does.


• "pron": An anagram of "porn," possibly indicating the use of pornography.


• "sploitz" (short for exploits): Vulnerabilities in computer software used by hackers.


• "pwn": A typo-deliberate version of own, a slang term that means to dominate. This could also be spelled "0\/\/n3d" or "pwn3d," among other variations. Online video game bullies or "griefers" often use this term.

Other common leet words:



• "kewl": A common derivation of "cool."


• "m4d sk1llz" or "mad skills": Refers to one's own talent. "m4d" itself is often used for emphasis.


• "n00b," "noob," "newbie," or "newb": Combinations synonymous with new user. Some leetspeekers view "n00b" as an insult and "newbie" as an affectionate term for new users.


• "w00t" or the smiley character \o/: A common interjection, analogous to "woohoo!" or victory in a game.


• "rox0rs" Used in place of "rocks," typically to describe something impressive.


• "d00d": Replaces the greeting or addressing someone as a "dude."


• "joo" and "u": Used instead of "you." This is also commonly written as "j00" or "_|00."


• "ph": often replaces "f," as in "phear" for "fear" (as in "ph34r my l33t skillz") and vice versa, such as spelling "phonetic" as "f0|\|371(."

Wenn ihr die Quelle erratet, wird es noch lustiger :D

unb|hIrO
21. Februar 2005, 17:29
schick mir mal bitte die antwort per pm
danke alpha ..

Nazguel
21. Februar 2005, 17:54
*hust* benni soll ich den Link Posten? :P

hätten wir hier "spoiler" hätte ich es gemacht aber so.... *wart*

Ps: me ist erster Voter!!

White.Noob.
21. Februar 2005, 18:06
Ich glaub das hab Ich ma auf Deutsch bei AOL gesehen.Hmm ka Ich tippe einfach m auf Zeitung :)

€:wie oft wechselst du eigentlic den Ava Alpha?Ich find den G-Man am besten.Tu bloß das Weib weg :ugly:

slow2
21. Februar 2005, 19:40
new yorker zeitung.

Nazguel
21. Februar 2005, 20:47
Nur hier (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx) klicken wenn man schon gevotet hat!! :P

an alle die Falsch gevotet haben wollt ihr ein http://people.freenet.de/Nereka/Smilies/keks.gif

snakeshit
21. Februar 2005, 20:51
@Alphas Avatar: anderes Ufer?^^

Nazguel
21. Februar 2005, 20:55
Original geschrieben von snakeshit2k5
@Alphas Avatar: anderes Ufer?^^

wie soll der Ava. auf deine Frage bitte Antworten?
daher:
[x] vote for dämlichste Post of the Month! http://people.freenet.de/Nereka/Smilies/00000117.gif

White.Noob.
21. Februar 2005, 20:56
Original geschrieben von Wamphyri
Nur hier (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/children/kidtalk.mspx) klicken wenn man schon gevotet hat!! :P



Och menno musst ja doch immer alles besser wissen:rolleyes:


an alle die Falsch gevotet haben wollt ihr ein http://people.freenet.de/Nereka/Smilies/keks.gif

:knuddel: ;)

€:
wie soll der Ava. auf deine Frage bitte Antworten?


Ich sage nur n dickes LOL
:lol: :lol2:

Nazguel
21. Februar 2005, 21:00
besser weiß ich es nicht aber da ich recht viel in den anderen ingame foren lese bekommt man das eine oder andere schon mit und 1 Woche später ist das dann hier zufinden! http://people.freenet.de/Nereka/Smilies/schlecht.gif

Alpha
21. Februar 2005, 21:10
mach mal das gleiche :\
so beleben wir wenigstens dieses forum http://people.freenet.de/Nereka/Smilies/schlecht.gif

@topic. es ist windows..
@snakeshit? nachdem ich dir ja jetzt die Frage meine Avatar anstatt, beantworten muss, zuerst meine gegenfrage.
-Wieso, planst du eine Anbandelung?

snakeshit
21. Februar 2005, 21:48
Original geschrieben von Alpha

-Wieso, planst du eine Anbandelung?

Naja, wenn du schon so fragst^^

Nix für ungut :D

slow2
22. Februar 2005, 09:02
das ist ja mal eine aktion von ms. :D

J4SON
22. Februar 2005, 14:08
hmm leider kann ich nicht gut genug englisch aber ich wusste woruns geht hab aber auf die zeitung getippt