I admit to using emoticons and acronyms, principally in instant messaging, but I refuse to even speak to people who abbreviate, deliberately misspell, or otherwise intentionally mangle defenseless words, whether in pursuit of brevity or of imagined hipness.

Except my mum. She seems to think that she's obliged to text in 'txtspk' and I can't seem to disabuse her of this notion, despite appealing to both her literacy and dignity on many occasions. I still talk to her, just not by sms if I can prevent it.

Typing errors happen to the best of us. Typn lyk dis for no good* reason? That's a paddlin'.

*Good reasons are limited to: Severe learning disability, severe palsy, or being five years old.