Heh
"So, as much as, in English, the common usage is the correct usage; there do also need to be some rules, or txtspk would become acceptable English, and the rules of grammar and punctuation would decay and crumble, until we all resorted to pointing and grunting to get across our basic points."

Many, many people are way ahead of you there... I know fairly well educated people that seem to turn into grammatical retards the moment they sit in front of a keyboard or pick up a cell phone. txtspk and l33t sp34k really annoy me.
(Bel Shamharoth has eight of everything, Wed 7 May 2008, 11:13, Reply)