A web junkie like me is fond of using the so-called Internet Slangs when I chat or even talk with people. I ran through the slang leet which means elite in particular games like Counter-Strike. I’ve been playing the game since I was in grade school. I encountered this word from L337 Crew.
These internet slangs as they say alters students’ or teens’ skills in writing. I admit I also use some slangs especially in gaming and chatting, particularly n00b and btw (by the way) sometimes. Its really unavoidable for me to use these slangs to make words or lines shorter when I’m surfing on the web.
When I googled (searched) it on the web I fell on Wikipedia and Wikitionary.
Here are some links:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_slang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
I also dropped by to this interesting web comic Megatokyo with characters who speak Leet. http://megatokyo.com/
With the issue of internet slangs that could result to students having poor results in writing. But for me, it’s not that of a problem to me in accordance to my studies when I am using internet slangs. I can still write eloquently and efficiently like me writing this web log or blog.
Goodbye for now. This Megatokyo web comic makes my head spin, from the title and info it really sounds interesting. Maybe, my next post will be about the comic.
Last but not the least, Flamers rule!