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Sunday, 22 July 2007 |
A reader named Bishelle sent these to me (in 2005). Consider the traditional rhyme, and then how a teen would say it via IM.
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As a teen would type it on IM |
| Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb, Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. |
MARY HAD A LITLE LMB LITLE LMB LITLE LMB MARY HAD A LITL3 LMB WHOSE FLECE WAS WHIET AS SNOW |
| Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, the birds begaon to sing. Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king? |
SNG1!!1!11 WTF A SONG OF SIXPENC3 A POK3T FUL OF RY3!1!! OMG LOL FOUR AND TWENTY BLAKBIRDS BAEKD IN A PEI1!!!11 OMG WTF LOL WHAN TEH PEI WAS OP3NED DA BIRDS BGAON 2 SNG1!1!11 LOL WASNT TAHT A DANETY DISH 2 SET BFORA DA KNG |
| Twinkle, Twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high. Like a diamond in the sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I wonder what you are. |
TWINKLE???!???? LOL TWINKLA LITL3 STAR1!!!!1 WTF LOL HOW I WONDAR WUT U AER1!!11! OMG UP ABOV3 TEH WORLD SO HIGH1!!1 WTF LOL LIEK A DIMOND IN DA SKY1!11 TWINKL3 TWINKLE LITLA STAR!!11 OMG HOW I WONDER WUT U AER111! |
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