User blog comment:A Lonely Nomad/Some new info/@comment-3004846-20100917001244/@comment-1664836-20100917060109

typing 1337 is generally more combersome than general, using a number of brackets and hyphons and whatnot to simulate letters. I too generally try to spell correctly, though, on the internet, I don't care about interpunction.

But yeah, 1337 is pretty well known afaik. (olololol, abbreviation)