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I
got this message from a user asking about avatars in the forums:
| From: |
Marky
Mark Mackin' Mack Whiteboy <mmmm@mypeeps.com> |
| Date: |
26
Mar 2002 16:08:58 -0700 |
| Subject: |
I
have a question |
| To: |
moonraiser@moonpuppies.com |
Okay
u kno da avars,
do u have 2 make ur own
if so how?
Hood Rat
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I'm
not sure if this is ebonics, leetspeak, or some other kind of bastardization of
the English language. I decided to phrase my reply in leetspeak using an English
to Leet converter I found on the web. Here's my reply:
| From: |
"King
Moonraiser" <moonraiser@MoonPuppies.com> |
| Date: |
Tue
Mar 26 16:21:13 2002 (PST) |
| To: |
mmmm@mypeeps.com |
| Subject: |
Re:
I have a question |
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--- Marky Mark Mackin' Mack Whiteboy <mmmm@mypeeps.com> wrote:
> Okay u kno da avars,
> do u have 2 make ur own
> if so how?
>
>
> Hood Rat
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I
guess he doesn't speak my lingo because he writes back with the following:
| From: |
Marky
Mark Mackin' Mack Whiteboy <mmmm@mypeeps.com> |
| Date: |
26
Mar 2002 16:08:58 -0700 |
| Subject: |
I
have a question |
| To: |
moonraiser@moonpuppies.com |
um
What does dat mean?
-----Original Message-----
From: "King Moonraiser" <moonraiser@MoonPuppies.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:21 AM
To: mmmm@mypeeps.com
Cc:
Subject: Re: I have a question
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--- Marky Mark Mackin' Mack Whiteboy <mmmm@mypeeps.com> wrote:
> Okay u kno da avars,
> do u have 2 make ur own
> if so how?
>
>
> Hood Rat
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Hmmm,
this time I'll try "jive talk" thanks to the Dialectizer.
Here's my second reply:
| From: |
"King
Moonraiser" <moonraiser@MoonPuppies.com> |
| Date: |
Tue
Mar 26 18:19:06 2002 (PST) |
| To: |
mmmm@mypeeps.com |
| Subject: |
Re:
I have a question |
Oh,
ah' dought ya' rapped "leetspeak." Mah' baaaad. Whut ah' said
wuz dat ya' should check out da damn fo'ums fo' de info'mashun.
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I
assume he understood me because he didn't send another reply...or maybe he just
gave up. Either way, success!
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