February 17, 2005

Parents: don't get pwn3d by kids' 1337sp33k

I was going come up with my own title, but I couldn't improve on Ars Technica's title, so I snagged it....

Parents: don't get pwn3d by kids' 1337sp33k: "An unintentionally-hilarious Microsoft guide for parents introduces them to the wonderful world of l33tspe4k."

The Microsoft site includes (aside from a few of 1337sp33k terms) such timeless gems as,

Rules of grammar are rarely obeyed.

[...]

Mistakes are often uncorrected.

All of which mark that recent era in which ... language has existed, I guess.

IM to Parents: "Ur KidZ dn0/t wVnt u 2 uDerstVnd th3m. G3t 0v3r 1t"

[via Ars Technica]

Posted by johndan at February 17, 2005 11:22 PM | TrackBack