Thread: Russian internet speak

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by "Wing Chun":1h7iurpo

I was quite confusibabbled before i discovered that "ya" is often transliterated as "q"

I doubt if it is so.
May be it's used rarely.[/quote:1h7iurpo]
This so-called "tradition" derives from the usage of KOI, which suggested, among the others, the following mappings:
Юю => @`
Йи => Jj
Яя => Qq
Жж => Vv
Вв => Ww
Ьь => Xx
Ыы => Yy
Шш => [{
Щщ => ]}
Ээ => \|
Чч => ^~
ъ => _