Alert Janeite Arin sent us a link to a thread at Making Light in which the commenters are making up poetry and rewriting films and literature using l337 and lolcat language, and Abi Sutherland contributed a l337/lolcat version of Pride and Prejudice.
Wikm: IM IN UR TOWN SEDUCIN UR DAUTERS
K17y: o haiDarC: i can has heart?
l12: no gway u rudel12: IM IN UR PEMBERLEY ADMIRIN UR STUFF
DarC: hai
We must have our share in the conversation.
(Arin points out that Abi acknowledges further down in the thread that she mixed up Charlotte/Caroline and Ki7y/Lyd14. Still comedy gold.)
Thanks Mags! I’ve uploaded the pic to my own server but linked the credit to you. I hate, HATES my precious, lolcatz, but this is just precious. Would be awesome as a t-shirt (of which I would wear with pride!)
Comment by AcademicHussy — June 2, 2007 @ 12:51 am
*smirks* That is possibly one of the funniest things I’ve read all year! I loved it.
Comment by Anonymous — June 2, 2007 @ 8:16 pm
The collected works of Jane Austen, Bookaminute version, in LOLCATZ:
F3m4l3 l34d: I R IN UR HEART, DENYING UR LOVE!
M4l3 l34d: I R IN UR HEART, DENYING UR LOVE!
N4rr4t0r: PWN3D!
Comment by Peter da Silva — June 3, 2007 @ 2:20 am
Showing my age again, I guess. If I squint my eyes I can decipher parts of this, but someone please translate 1337, 112, & PWN3D.
Comment by Deb R. — June 4, 2007 @ 9:12 am
1337 = leet (the numbers resemble letters) = elite = better than you, basically.
l12 = liz (same as above
PWN3D = pwned = common gaming typo for “owned” as in “I just OWNED you” = won, conquered, beat, kicked butt.
Comment by Katharine T — June 4, 2007 @ 2:10 pm
Deb, you and I are just about the same vintage. I don’t get it either.
I think it would take me longer to type that gibberish than it does to type with proper spelling, grammar (hopefully) and punctuation.
Comment by Julie P. — June 4, 2007 @ 4:52 pm
Yes, would be annoying in regular correspondence/conversation. But since it’s used ironically for lolcats, it’s funny.
Comment by Mags — June 4, 2007 @ 8:08 pm
Just wondering: what is lolcatz?
Comment by Anonymous — June 7, 2007 @ 4:35 am
There’s a link in the original post that will explain all…sort of.
Comment by Mags — June 7, 2007 @ 8:49 am
Aah, I see…suddenly this whole thing seems more hilarious and ridiculously strange…
Comment by Anonymous — June 7, 2007 @ 7:50 pm