Thanks to Eric at the Rumor Forum for pointing us to the The AOLer Translator. Here’s Hamlet’s famous soliloquy if he were a 12-year-old typing on AOL Instant Messenger:

2 B OR NOT 2 B-TAHT IS TEH QUASTION
WHATHER TIS NOBLER IN DA MIND 2 SUFAR TEH SLNGS AND AROWS OF OUTRAEGOUS FORTUN3
OR 2 TAEK ARMS AGANEST A SAA OF TROUBLES
AND BY OPOSNG END TH3M!!1!1!1 OMG LOL 2 DEI 2 SLEP-
NO MORE-AND BY A SLEP 2 SAY WA AND TEH HEARTACH3 AND DA THOUSAND NATURAL SHOKS
TAHT FLESH IS H3IR 2!!!1!11 WTF LOL TIS A CONSUMATION
DEVOUTLY 2 B WISHAD1!!1! WTF LOL 2 DEI 2 SLEP-
2 SLEP-PERCHANC3 2 DR3M AY THEYRE TEH RUB
FOR IN TAHT SLEP OF D3ATH WUT DR3MS MAY COMA
WHAN WA HAEV SHUFLAD OF THIS MORTAL COIL
MUST GIEV US PAUSE!1!!11 OMG WTF THEYRE DA R3SPECT
TAHT MAEKS CALMITY OF SO LONG LIEF!!!1!1! WTF LOL

I found this hysterical (and dead on) as I used to teach 12-year-olds and sometimes communicate with them via IM.

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