*laughs* Well, I'm 29 and had to have AFK, *g*, o.O, and a few others translated for me a few years back. I think it's ... you know, there are dialects, of a sort, depending on how you use the web, and with whom. I have to squint and sound out messages from my 18 year old cousin to interpret her rampant chatspeak.
It's really kind of cool. There's pidgin and glyphs and regional dialects. And. *muzzles inner linguist*
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Date: 2006-07-20 03:54 am (UTC)It's really kind of cool. There's pidgin and glyphs and regional dialects. And. *muzzles inner linguist*
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