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[owlectomy]

Japanese seems to have the equivalent of l33t-speak, called gyaru-moji ("Gal characters"). How it works (Japanese page, naturally). Interesting that it's associated with girls in Japan (I guess?) when 1337 is so associated with male gamers. The Japanese article I found about it says that it's associated with cell phone use, so in that context it's not too surprising.

Also of interest is a brand new site at oshiete.goo.ne.jp (Also Japanese only) which will answer questions for you.

Comments

[wintersweet.livejournal.com]

Damn, I wish I could read that!

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

You meant to post this in your own LJ rather than your neato languages group?

I'm sure you did.

Just checking.

[takumashii.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I did.
But maybe I should post it there too...

You should

[meaghanchan.livejournal.com]

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