j3hj3hmOWn Much?

The first time I heard the word "Jejemon", I thought, "Is that a new Digimon character?"... I then realized what it meant when I saw it on PBB (Pinoy Big Brother) and had a really good laugh... I'm not sure how to explain it so I'll just post what I found on y research about this new found language based from the beautiful minds of the crazy SMS texters.

The Jejemon Keyboard

Jejemon is a pop culture phenomenon in the Philippines. A Jejemon is defined by Urban Dictionary as "who has managed to subvert the English language to the point of incomprehensibility and online lynch squads."^[1] A Jejemon is described as a "new breed of hipsters who have developed not only their own language and written text but also their own sub-culture and fashion." - Wikipedia

The language of the Jejemons, called Jejenese, is derived from English, Filipino and their code-switched variant Taglish. Their alphabet, Jejebet, uses the Roman alphabet, including the Arabic numerals and other special characters. Words are created by rearranged letters in a word,alternating capitalization, over-usage of the letters H, X or Z and mixture of numeric characters and our normal alphabet.^[2]

Examples:

• Filipino: "Eow PowZ, mUsZtAh nHa?" translated into Filipino as "Hello po, kamusta na?, translated into English as "Hello, how are you?"
• English: "i LLyK tO knOw moR3 bOut u, PwfoH. crE 2 t3ll mE yur N@me? jejejejeje!" translated into English as "I like to know more about you, care to tell me your name? Hehehehe!"  - Wikipedia

I must admit, the first time I received a Jejemon text I felt greatly irritated (still do but with less vehemence). Most teenagers use this or those with a teenager's heart.. I don't use this myself since I don't send SMS that much anymore.

But anyway, I just like sharing this because in some ways, it is cool and creative... Go Pinoy!