Title: Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: miss_hazy on April 01, 2005, 05:31:47 am
I was just randomly pondering things, and came up with this.
Does anyone know if people who speak languages other than English use netspeak in their native language? Or do you speak a different language and use (or witness people using) netspeak in your language?
I was just wondering if netspeak was only an English thing.
Netspeak as in:
u = you
r = are
y = why
ttly = totally
plz = please
cuz = because
lyk = like
Etcetera...
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Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Xenake on April 01, 2005, 05:47:49 am
Hmm, I'm Dutch and I use netspeak sometimes, but I speak alot of English with my friends.
Your second question, do you mean what netspeak people use (other then u - you, ... ) in their own language? |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: miss_hazy on April 01, 2005, 05:54:59 am
[quote author=Xenake link=board=5;threadid=26398;start=0#msg850147 date=1112352469]
Your second question, do you mean what netspeak people use (other then u - you, ... ) in their own language?
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Yeah, that's basically what I meant. Is there Dutch netspeak? |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Xenake on April 01, 2005, 06:01:14 am
Yeah, some replace the 'ij' with 'y' for faster typing I suppose. And sometimes they drop the vowels in a word.
I don't really use that much netspeak tbh, maybe just dropping the last letter of a word |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: mayadeprei on April 01, 2005, 06:13:24 am
Jes we use netspeak, I also speak Dutch.
we abbreviate words, or use the english version sometimes... |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Enara on April 01, 2005, 09:35:42 am
| In Spanish we use thousands of new ´words´ created for both Netspeak and sending messages with a mobile phone. |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Nijntje on April 01, 2005, 10:18:07 am
hey, artanis elensar and xenake! dutchy here too :P
netspeak? well, on dutch sites&forums we normally speak normal dutch, because IF you find people there who 'speak net' you can't make up any word of it. Sometimes we use things we also use on sms, like
w8ff= wacht even = wait a second
vanaaf= vanavond= tonight
idd= inderdaad= indeed
etc, etc, etc, blablabla |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: eLijAhZpuMpKiNlOvE on April 01, 2005, 11:21:28 am
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: twoleafclover on April 02, 2005, 01:18:20 am
this is off topic, but u said ttyl = totally..
i never thought of that, i always used ttyl as talk to ya later |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: miss_hazy on April 02, 2005, 02:07:41 am
It's "ttly" -- "l" before the "y", for "totally". Yeah, "ttyl" is "talk to you later".
Anyway, that is interesting that you use netspeak in your own languages too. Netspeak makes every language just that much more confusing... haha. ;) |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Jasmine on April 02, 2005, 03:22:12 am
| Oh........my own language is Cantonese....and we have our own netspeak tooooo. ;) |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: I_LOVE_MY_BOYZ on April 03, 2005, 08:53:09 pm
[quote author=Nijntje link=board=5;threadid=26398;start=0#msg850247 date=1112368687]
hey, artanis elensar and xenake! dutchy here too :P
netspeak? well, on dutch sites&forums we normally speak normal dutch, because IF you find people there who 'speak net' you can't make up any word of it. Sometimes we use things we also use on sms, like
w8ff= wacht even = wait a second
vanaaf= vanavond= tonight
idd= inderdaad= indeed
etc, etc, etc, blablabla
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that's pretty cool. ;D |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: liladriel on April 04, 2005, 05:58:14 am
Interesting 8)
Netspeak is confusing. |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Caz on April 04, 2005, 10:21:55 pm
| Well, regarding english netspeak, I only use lol occasionally. My first language is german but I don't tend to use netspeak there, actually, I'm not aware of german netspeak but I'm pretty sure it exists. ;D I'm not being very helpful I know, maybe some of the other germans on this board will drop in and give you some more info. ;) |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Tsuno on April 05, 2005, 09:25:05 am
| yeah, i'm belgian (flemish part) and I use the same Dutch webspeak as the Dutches here (like 'idd' and 'ff', another one I often use: wrschlk = waarschijnlijk = probably) But I use english webspeak as well, also when i chat with people who speak dutch... So yeah, it gets a bit complicated now and then, lol |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: silmarwen on April 10, 2005, 02:32:33 pm
We have our own netspeak language in Turkish, too. :)
s lm: hi
nbr: whats up
kib : take care of yourself |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: funky_monkey on April 10, 2005, 09:19:29 pm
| woah some of this net speak is really crazy! I think in the UK (please correct me if I'm wrong) cool-kl |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Fanaatikko on April 11, 2005, 02:47:28 pm
Netspeak is funny. ;D
We have netspeak in Finland, too. :D
emt=en minä tiedä=I don't know
tjsp=tai jotain sinne päin=or something like that
ihQ=ihana=lovely
We use the English version sometimes, too. |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Fire_Wolf_13 on April 15, 2005, 01:58:16 pm
[quote author=twoleafclover link=board=5;threadid=26398;start=0#msg851055 date=1112422700]
this is off topic, but u said ttyl = totally..
i never thought of that, i always used ttyl as talk to ya later
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yea me 2 |
Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Fire_Wolf_13 on April 15, 2005, 02:03:14 pm
i use alot of net speak when i am writing letters and emails to ppl and of coarse when i chat
it is fun and easier to write then writing the whole word out
whever invented netspeak was obviously thinking right!
lol i <3 netspeak
so much easier then typing it all out
hmm i never used netspeak with another lanuage
idt id get it if it was in another lingo
but thats just me i only speak so many languages
Gibberish being my Fave ;D <and i mean real gibberish the kind where it is half english half other language not like baby talk.
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Title: Re:Netspeak in other languages?
Post by: Chrysanthemus on April 15, 2005, 05:38:23 pm
Here we (basically teens) use a lot of net speak or abreviations on msn and sms. Sometimes it gets almost impossible to understand what the other is saying. There is the tendency to use "x" instead of "ch" (because in portuguese it has almost the same sound) lots of "k" instead of "que" or "c" well, the list goes on. sometimes we also use some english abreviations like "lol" "omg" "asl".
I'll put some examples bellow:
d__ de __ from (it can also have other meanings depending on the context)
kd__ quando__ when
ond__ onde___ where
pk__porquê__why
ñ__não__no
ixo__ isso__that
xato__chato__boring
sffv___ se faz favor__ please
nm__nome__name
the list goes on ::)
I don't usually use this kind of language, I know it's quicker when you're talking with your friends on msn and stuff, but sometimes when you overuse it you can start writing abreviations all over the place even in school paper, so I try to avoid it :) |
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