MORE ABOUT THE LEET SPEAK

The l33t alphabet

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Leet (or "1337"), also known as eleet or leetspeak, is an alternative alphabet for the English language that is used primarily on the Internet. It uses various combinations of ASCII characters to replace Latinate letters. For example, leet spellings of the word leet include 1337 and l33t; eleet may be spelled 31337 or 3l33t.
The term leet is derived from the word elite. The leet alphabet is a specialized form of symbolic writing. Leet may also be considered a substitution cipher, although many dialects or linguistic varieties exist in different online communities. The term leet is also used as an adjective to describe formidable prowess or accomplishment, especially in the fields of online gaming and in its original usage, computer hacking.
 

Leet speak has also been an interesting influence on You Have Been Tagged. Leet is an alternative alphabet used online to create a whole new language. The word Leet derives from the word elite and is used in online gaming or hacking to express accomplishment. It consists of symbolic writing and uses the American Standard Code for Information Interchange which replaces the Latinate letters of the English alphabet. For example:

Leet Speak Alphabet

There are variants of Leet as it was predominantly used by online gamers and hackers and has now entered mainstream. I experimented with Leet by changing my facebook language to Leet and there are various articles available explaining how it is a new language used by children and teenagers online as they find it secretive as many parents cannot understand