Linky things

Two things found on linguaphiles today:

This site will translate text into 1337speak or, as they say, into the style of a 12-year-old AOLer. ITS JUST A PITY IT DO3SNT GO DA OTH3R WAY!1!!11

Someone asked why only certain colours turn up in surnames (because they're usually based on personal appearance or where an ancestor lived) but this answer was interesting. I see that Blake comes up under both 'black' and 'white'. [snigger] How appropriate.

Linky things

Two things found on linguaphiles today:

This site will translate text into 1337speak or, as they say, into the style of a 12-year-old AOLer. ITS JUST A PITY IT DO3SNT GO DA OTH3R WAY!1!!11

Someone asked why only certain colours turn up in surnames (because they're usually based on personal appearance or where an ancestor lived) but this answer was interesting. I see that Blake comes up under both 'black' and 'white'. [snigger] How appropriate.