# Help me translate spam speak

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-translate-spam-speak/415862>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 16, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-translate-spam-speak/415862 "2007-08-16T22:36:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-translate-spam-speak/415862/1 "2007-08-16T22:36:10Z")

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I got this in a email:

Vi\_Ra-Ag - $1.73  
C\_i-l\_is - $2.68  
L-vi\_ra - $3.91  
S -m\_a - $0.68

The first 3 I understood, what is that 4th one suppose to be?

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**Author:** ![annanate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@annanate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/annanate)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-translate-spam-speak/415862/2 "2007-08-16T22:41:46Z")

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[QUOTE=kanicbird]  
I got this in a email:

Vi\_Ra-Ag - $1.73  
C\_i-l\_is - $2.68  
L-vi\_ra - $3.91  
S -m\_a - $0.68

The first 3 I understood, what is that 4th one suppose to be?  
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I suspect it would be Soma which is a muscle relaxer, I believe.

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**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-translate-spam-speak/415862/3 "2007-08-16T23:09:31Z")

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aaaaarrrggghhh. It’s Spam bot! Kill it!

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-translate-spam-speak/415862/4 "2007-08-16T23:28:01Z")

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[QUOTE=essell]  
aaaaarrrggghhh. It’s Spam bot! Kill it!  
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There, there-it’s only a _picture_ of a spambot. It can’t hurt you.