tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post8818455726942857028..comments2023-09-21T06:15:03.099-07:00Comments on Conjugate Visits: Wonderings and Googlings (Wherein I wonder about words, then I Google them)June Casagrandehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-39024285613668748732009-06-22T20:31:12.325-07:002009-06-22T20:31:12.325-07:00Weird. The Blogger.com message alerting me to your...Weird. The Blogger.com message alerting me to your comment ended up in my spam folder. <br /><br />That ain't good. Well, we'll always have pwnd.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-78763809020996603562009-06-22T15:53:06.893-07:002009-06-22T15:53:06.893-07:00Yes, you may do that and can have all the copy edi...Yes, you may do that and can have all the copy editing your heart desires!<br /><br />Ooh, hey, another leet word that's made it into ordinary lexicon, p'raps: pwnd. Short for owned, started cuz p is close to o and sometimes you get excited.LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-15420613035970059812009-06-18T10:38:46.432-07:002009-06-18T10:38:46.432-07:00Wow. That's crazy. Did the Patriot Act allow t...Wow. That's crazy. Did the Patriot Act allow the government to scan the web for stuff like, "Dude, we're totally gonna do some whippets tomorrow"? That would explain it. <br /><br />Either way, it vindicates my "Avoid teenagers at all costs" policy.<br /><br />: )June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-50330890244013819692009-06-18T08:59:16.869-07:002009-06-18T08:59:16.869-07:00Ah, yes, June gloom makes June gloomy (sorry, just...Ah, yes, June gloom makes June gloomy (sorry, just had to!). I know we'll be roasting before too long, so I'm trying to enjoy it, as best I can.<br /><br />Anyhoo, leetspeak is more the doing of hacking whippersnappers then just whippersnappers. That way, you can post stuff on message boards about your nefarious deeds and it won't play out like the end of so many bad movies where the villain reveals his plan before it's been completed.LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-5539566935688934362009-06-12T21:29:25.322-07:002009-06-12T21:29:25.322-07:00Thank you for explaining. I've been SO out of ...Thank you for explaining. I've been SO out of it lately. I was playing ostrich for a few weeks on account of the book deadline. Then the sun went away. (I don't handle gray days well. One's okay. Two and I start making jokes that all share the punchline, "pass the razorblades." June gloom indeed.)<br /><br />Anyway, I've been sort of removed from the goings on for some weeks now. (Pure luck that it coincided with a Sarah Palin resurgence.)<br /><br />: )<br /><br />I did see news about the millionth word. Been meaning to look into that. But leetspeak hasn't made it onto my radar. But I'm sure that somehow, somewhere, there are whippersnappers to blame for it ...June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-62054157954664325862009-06-12T20:44:10.261-07:002009-06-12T20:44:10.261-07:001337=LEET
Do you see how the 1 looks like an l, t...1337=LEET<br /><br />Do you see how the 1 looks like an l, the 3's are backwards e's and the 7 is almost a t? Leetspeak uses numbers and letters flexibly to kind of make a secret code. Maybe now it rings a bell? *There's* a take on language for you! There was something on NPR about new words getting added to a dictionary or something (damn catching only the last bit) and how it was complicating things to have zeroes in a word. So much fun!LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-12889017676539239052009-06-12T16:23:27.887-07:002009-06-12T16:23:27.887-07:00Oh, man! I don't know what 1337 is! I know I r...Oh, man! I don't know what 1337 is! I know I read some discussion of n00b. But I don't remember it. And 1337 doesn't ring any bells at all.<br /><br />Feeling like a n00b ...June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-22776554444969358772009-06-12T15:56:27.878-07:002009-06-12T15:56:27.878-07:00I think there are different connotations with newc...I think there are different connotations with newcomer and newbie. Newcomer implies someone who has recently joined something, at least in my world. Newbie sounds more like someone who's a little bit clueless. However, my favorite is n00b, with 5,090,000 hits on Google, since it's part of that sooo exclusive 1337 speak thing. Totally and completely derogatory.LL Blackwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921100359598254068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-40190120597387459982009-06-12T08:26:04.517-07:002009-06-12T08:26:04.517-07:00Sorry I ruined that for you! Funny how word associ...Sorry I ruined that for you! Funny how word associations can be so powerful, huh? <br /><br />Do you remember the episode I'm talking about? Elaine goes over to Newman's apartment because she wants something from him. I can't remember what. A Superbowl ticket? A ruling in a dispute over a bicycle? I don't recall. <br /><br />Anyway, she really lays on thick the sappy, insincere flirtation. Skin-crawly stuff.June Casagrandehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363096837053080969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8507136945842934293.post-80269743046366840692009-06-12T07:18:33.450-07:002009-06-12T07:18:33.450-07:00Newman is creepy and so is the idea of Elaine flir...Newman is creepy and so is the idea of Elaine flirting with him. Yuck, now I will never be able to hear the word "newbie" without thinking of Newman.Laura Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05229426716936563690noreply@blogger.com