NextGen: Breaking Down Netspeak

By O.N. Linealways -- Library Journal, 4/1/2006

cmUnik8shn iz key, bt wot f u don’t knO d lngwij? Nowadays w txtN, IRC, & IM dm&N faster cmUnik8shn & shortcuts, U nEd a decoder rng 2 figur out wtf iz goin on! XD. It’s crucial 4 librarians 2 brush ^ on netspeak, o rsk l%kin lIk a n00b, evN tho it L%kz st%pid, imho. It’s not bout kEpn ^ w d Jones’, it’s bout kEpn ^ w d patrons.

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