[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 09:27:27PM -0300, Gabriel wrote: > > >>Mike McCarty wrote: >> >> >>>Never take the advice of people who use spellings like >>>"kewel", "n33t", and abbreviate "you" to "u", etc. >>> >>> >>Could you please explain me why? Just to know >>And what does kewel means? :-P >>am I very ignorant? >> >> >No. They are. > > > It seems to me that some of you folks are being a bit too harsh on users of such spellings. I've known plenty of "kids"[1] who speak leet who are [ otherwise ;-) ] very smart. "Don't judge a book by it's cover"; "Don't stereotype"; etc, and all that ....
Footnote: 1. I've also known adults who have dabbled in leet, who are quite sharp. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]