X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,5e4a32c57f2e6b53 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-09 01:48:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news-han1.dfn.de!news-ber1.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!server1.netnews.ja.net!pegasus.csx.cam.ac.uk!yellow.csi.cam.ac.uk!ppb23 From: Peter Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Ascii Text Translator Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 09:48:47 +0100 Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <20020609015630.53148082.info@infocore.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: yellow.csi.cam.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-X-Sender: ppb23@yellow.csi.cam.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <20020609015630.53148082.info@infocore.net> Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:17664 > that shit is so OUTDATED! > > lou!sh I know... what to replace it with though? speaking in different languages seems to be becoming increasingly popular to bogey the l33ters, who have a good scream about not being able to understand anything :) And you can get a terrific response by slotting their name into a sentence in another language XD Apparently it's now defined as a 'local' dialect, so I suppose it's going to stick around for a while. As for "OUTDATED shit", try Manx Gaelic... the last native speaker died in 1974 and it still gets taught in schools. Hey, I know, invent a new 'dialect' for us. Have fun -Pete