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Re: txt msgs & BrSc

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, June 20, 2001, 17:40
Steg Belsky wrote:
>On Tue, 19 Jun 2001 19:22:01 +0000 "Ryan D. Evans" <evansrd@...> >writes: > > Nik Taylor wrote: > > > D Tse wrote: > > > > I believe the technical term is now "k00l" but "l33t". > > > > > > And what does "l33t" mean, and where does it come from? > > > "l33t" is Internet-lingo for "leet" which is a short form of "eleet" > > which > > is Internet-lingo for "elite." > > > I hate the term as it is most commonly used by computer crackers and > > warez d00dz. > > -- Ryan D. Evans >- > >Another ambiguous word... >My 7th-grade hacker friend insisted that "warez" is pronounced ['wOr@z]. >Other people i've met have insisted that it's [we@rz].
Among Swedish geeks it's generally pronounced [w{:s`] ... often spelt {wäsch} ... Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.