they are all nouns though...i suppose it's like it being acceptable to call an elizabeth, liz etc, they are not the 'building blocks' of the language if you get me.
I have had texts from people who in their efforts to save space, have actually ADDED letters, such as carnt instead of cant, or mostley instead of mostly etc
the only place text speak is acceptable is unsurprisingly in a text ...
anywhere else and it unfortunately just makes the user appear a bit lacking in intelligence, and if they do it in a formal letter or CV, they just look a downright idiot
i realise thats a bit judgmental and i am sure the level of their intelligence varies, but unfortunately its an instant 'picture' that is formed.
i am sure i am not the only one who instantly visualises some bratty little teenager...
i would just add the textspeak and bad spelling and typos are very different things - i am sure many teens are perfectly good spellers and many older people are terrible spellers...sometimes its pretty hard to know the difference though.
i also agree that its so common now that i think some would not even know they have spelt something wrong any more.
i also heard an 18 year old lad say it was cool to deliberately mispell, and only idiots cannot read text speak - even the most extreme types ... although this lad happens to be THE worst speller i have EVER known and i have to resist the urge to correct his statuses on facebook all the time...he once wrote "am tied" - I knew he meant "I'm tired", so i joked "tied to what ? bit of bondage eh?" and he was just confused, so i explained and he laughed... then a week later, he was 'tied after work' again...ah well i tried... haha