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TorgoX on 2003-12-30T03:40:06

Dear Log,

"A Funky Language for Teenzz to Use": Representing Gulf Arabic in Instant Messaging.

Death, be not tardy.

Actually

hex on 2003-12-30T18:01:34

what the essay describes is extremely common. My wife is from the UAE, and I've seen her using ASCIIfied Arabic transliteration - specifically, the Arabic vernacular used in the UAE - on IRC a lot.

Although, this is definitely stupid:

Stevenson (2000) suggests that phonological simulation in Internet Relay Chat (IRC), rather than being motivated simply by individual "desire" to mirror spoken features, "is a result of social pressure to break conventional spelling rules and comply with IRC's nonconformist, hacker image."

Uh... sure.