Name: Liz (nickname=fish)
Eyes: Green
Height: (ha like you care) about 5 feet 5 inches
Hair: Currently dark red, some light streaks, and of course, all spiky in the back
Hometown: St. Louis, MO
Age: 15
Occupation: being a sophmore, helping out my friends
Interests: Music (vinyl now but I have a ton of cds of various cool people), local shows (check out my buddy tim's band, One Down. they're gonna be huge one day), Art, English (Creative writing), doing random weird things
"A zebra does not change it's spots." -Al Gore
"I don't really trust a sane person." -Lyle Alzado.
Happy Noodle Boy is the funniest thing since Homestarrunner.com but Thora Birch is the "bestest". And for some strange reason, Joey Jordison of Slipknot and Murderdolls is scary yet hot. I don't know but I like to think that I do- so in the words of Ricky from American Beauty, "Never underestimate the power of denial."
Peace. Out.
Gender: Female
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Occupation: Student
Age: 15
Member Since: June 21, 2004
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Why do so many people use teenbonics and 7334? I do not understand. Teenbonics are generally used by the under-18 group (usually... not always...) and are frustrating for people to read sometimes. Especially if English is not the person's first language. 7334 or leet (short for elite) speak is just as obnoxious. It was originally used by hackers to talk about their... "jobs" in chats and forums so they would not be caught. Is it really so hard to type a few more letters? You is only two more letters than "u" and "lyk" is one letter short of being the proper form, like. Anyone else annoyed by teenbonics? Is there any polite way to correct people (especially friends) who use teenbonics? I know not everyone is perfect... a few capitalization or spelling etc. errors are fine. Constant abuse of the English language is wrong. (link)
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You're right. I despise teenbonics. It's annoying and lazy and makes the writer look illiterate. There, unfortunately, isn't really a way to correct it. Usually in chats, etc. I just type what I would say outloud. So, I don't use things like lol, or u, or all those other things. It sort of sets an example, some of my friends are converting back to proper English. But you are absolutely right, teenbonics and 7334. . . . should be banned. Ugh...
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