Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog
I completely agree. It is beyond irritating to me.

My step-daughter sends me text message that I can barely decipher. And the majority of words she misspells/misuses don't really save her any time or keystrokes anyway. For example, why type "lyke" instead of "like", or "iz" instead of "is"? It's just silly.

If one is TRULY too busy to type the word "you", perhaps one should opt for a phone call instead of a text or email message.
Good point!

For the most part, I believe Pet Talkers that use this "speak" use it for the fun of it. I know we have an intelligent group of young people here that are grammar and spelling savvy. I just worry about the real young kids that haven't honed their spelling skills yet. I hope it doesn't turn into an upcoming generation of speak spellers

Does anyone know why the words aren't spelled correctly when they have the same amount of letters(like Twisterdog said)? is - iz