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Thread poster: Edwal Rospigliosi
Edwal Rospigliosi
Edwal Rospigliosi  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 20:27
English to Spanish
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Mar 18, 2006

To understand what those people in AOL and Messenger are saying:

http://ssshotaru.homestead.com/files/aolertranslator.html
 
Victor Dewsbery
Victor Dewsbery  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 20:27
German to English
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No more than a typo generator Mar 18, 2006

The website claims to translate any input into the language of a 12 year old AOL user.
So I tried it with a sentence that is untypical of the age group, and held my breath to see what a modern 12 year old would make of it. My sentence:

What algorithm is this sentence generator based on?

came back as:

WUT ALGORITHM IS THIS SANT3NC3 G3N3RA2R BAESD ON?!!!??! LOL

Why did I bother?
 
craigs
craigs
Local time: 14:27
English to Portuguese
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roflmfao Mar 18, 2006

Too bad it doesn't work in reverse. Then I could commmunicate with those people instead of trying to control an urge to slap them.
 


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