Move Over, Machine Shorthand
So, I'm surfing around my own blog, checking out Cute Overload, and I was indirectly led to this.
I had no idea. There's a whole language out there that I'm missing, merely because I'm learning and writing another language of which the folks in chat rooms are blissfully unaware.
To wit (from Wiki):
"Example sentence: L337 15 n07 4 c0mm0n 1n73rn37 5p34k 4m0n9 r34l h4x0r
English rendering: Leet is not a common internet speak among real hackers."
Steno rendering: HRAOET SNOT A KPHOPB SPWERNET SPAOEBG PHOPBG RAEL HABG/-RS FPLT
What's our language going to look like in 20 years? Maybe English spellings will finally come closer to complying with phonetics. But this spooks me, when will I stop being able to read my own native tongue!? I guess if I can learn to read steno, I can learn to read anything.
I had no idea. There's a whole language out there that I'm missing, merely because I'm learning and writing another language of which the folks in chat rooms are blissfully unaware.
To wit (from Wiki):
"Example sentence: L337 15 n07 4 c0mm0n 1n73rn37 5p34k 4m0n9 r34l h4x0r
English rendering: Leet is not a common internet speak among real hackers."
Steno rendering: HRAOET SNOT A KPHOPB SPWERNET SPAOEBG PHOPBG RAEL HABG/-RS FPLT
What's our language going to look like in 20 years? Maybe English spellings will finally come closer to complying with phonetics. But this spooks me, when will I stop being able to read my own native tongue!? I guess if I can learn to read steno, I can learn to read anything.
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pwn3d!
I just asked my husband Jim if he could read your comment, and he had almost no trouble. Silly computer guys. Thanks for reading!