{"id":718,"date":"2012-12-25T16:31:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=718"},"modified":"2012-12-27T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T21:38:21","slug":"high-tech-hebrew-the-fakatsot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/high-tech-hebrew-the-fakatsot\/","title":{"rendered":"High Tech Hebrew – The Fakatsot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey everyone! ^=? The Internet has become the breeding ground for new words, new knowledge. You may have seen and used things like LOL, OMG, BRB, TMI, ROFLMAO and so on. Hebrew is not immune to these changes. There is a slang that is growing fast online known as \u05e4\u05e7\u05e6\u05d9\u05ea\u200e<\/span> "fakatsit" and used mainly by teen girls.<\/p>\n

The three influences of this culture are:
\n    Japanese kawaii culture
\n    South American TV
\n    American youth culture<\/p>\n

Well, they are used by these Hebrew youths and they also have their own way of
\ntyping it up even on non-Hebrew keyboards. Ready to learn some of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Hebrew Letter<\/strong><\/td>\nLatin Alphabet Equivalent<\/strong><\/td>\nSlang Letter<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d0<\/span><\/td>\n		a<\/td>\n% or K or X<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d1<\/span><\/td>\n		b<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d2<\/span><\/td>\n		g<\/td>\nt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d3<\/span><\/td>\n		d<\/td>\nT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d5<\/span><\/td>\n		v\/w<\/td>\n1 or !<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d7<\/span><\/td>\n		ch<\/td>\nn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d8<\/span><\/td>\n		t<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d9<\/span><\/td>\n		y\/i\/e<\/td>\n^ or *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05db<\/span><\/td>\n		c<\/td>\nc or ><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05dc<\/span><\/td>\n		l<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05de<\/span><\/td>\n		m<\/td>\nN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e0<\/span><\/td>\n		n<\/td>\n]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e1<\/span><\/td>\n		s<\/td>\n0 or o or @<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e2<\/span><\/td>\n		a<\/td>\ny<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e4<\/span><\/td>\n		p\/f<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e6<\/span><\/td>\n		ts<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e8<\/span><\/td>\n		r<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e9<\/span><\/td>\n		sh<\/td>\nW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05ea<\/span><\/td>\n		t<\/td>\n-^<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Let's try this out. Let's take the word \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd<\/span>. Looking at the chart above, you'll see that \u05e9<\/span> is W, \u05dc<\/span> is 5, \u05d5<\/span> is 1 and \u05dd<\/span> is N. So to say \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd<\/span> in fakatsot, you would type N15W (or N!5W). Looks like a code, doesn't it? Remember, we're still typing these from right to left, as the actual language does.<\/p>\n

How about Textspeak?<\/h3>\n

Now how about those famous abbreviations – LOL, OMG, ROFL, etc? Fakatsot has
\nthem, too. Here are the most common ones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nHebrew Fakatsot<\/strong><\/td>\nFakatsot Symbols<\/strong><\/td>\nTextpeaks Equivalents<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d5\u05d5\u05d4\u05d8 \u05d3\u05d4 \u05e4\u05d0\u05d0\u05d0\u05d0\u05e7?!""*<\/span><\/td>\n		0=<\/td>\nWTF?!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05db\u05d0\u05d9\u05dc\u05d5 \u05d3\u05d4???<\/span><\/td>\n		$=<\/td>\nLike, duh!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05de\u05d3\u05d4\u05d9\u05de!!!!<\/span><\/td>\n		(=<\/td>\nStunning!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e1\u05d5\u05dc\u05d8\u05ea!!!!<\/span><\/td>\n		8=<\/td>\nRules!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05e7,,,\u05e4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc!!!<\/span><\/td>\n		@-<\/td>\nLike, people!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nN1W* \u05de\u05d5\u05e1\u05d9!!<\/span><\/td>\n		&:<\/td>\nAwesome!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d7\u05d7\u05d7\u05d7\u05d7\u05d7* \u05e1\u05d4 \u05de\u05e1\u05d7\u05d9\u05e7*!!!<\/span><\/td>\n		CD<\/td>\nHa, ha, ha, funny!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n'\u05e1\u05d4 \u05db!o\u05d5\u05df<\/span><\/td>\n		@}=<\/td>\nWhat a sexy guy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n'\u05e1\u05d4 \u05e7\u05d5o\u05e2\u05e2<\/span><\/td>\n		@=<\/td>\nWhat a sexy girl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n'\u05e1\u05d4 \u05de!\u05e9\u05d9!!!<\/span><\/td>\n		((=<\/td>\nHow cute!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\nN\u05d4 o\u05d4?!<\/span><\/td>\n		[]=<\/td>\nWhat?!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e0\u05e9\u05de\u05d0\u05d0\u05de\u05d9!!<\/span><\/td>\n		!=<\/td>\nMy dear…<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05de\u05d4 [*\u05e9???]<\/span><\/td>\n		^=<\/td>\nWhat's up?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05de\u05ea\u05d4\u05d4\u05d4\u05d4\u05d4!<\/span><\/td>\n		\/=<\/td>\nI'm dyyyyynnnnggggg!!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\no\u05dc*-n \u05d4\u05d4\u05d4\u05d4?!<\/span><\/td>\n		)()()()=<\/td>\nExcuse me?!?!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05e1\u05d4 \u05de\u05e4\u05d5@$#<\/span><\/td>\n		#=<\/td>\nF* off!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n
\n\u05d1\u05de\u05ea?<\/span><\/td>\n		<>=<\/td>\nFor real?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\n

Based on information from ZUBI! by Danny Ben Israel<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Hey everyone! ^=? The Internet has become the breeding ground for new words, new knowledge. You may have seen and used things like LOL, OMG, BRB, TMI, ROFLMAO and so on. Hebrew is not immune to these changes. There is a slang that is growing fast online known as \u05e4\u05e7\u05e6\u05d9\u05ea\u200e "fakatsit" and used mainly by…<\/p>\n

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