Question

[phineus892.livejournal.com]

I have a question regarding the use of Russian in informal writings; it relates to spelling. I've been reading lots of Russian language LJ's and noticed that some people spell words not as they should be spelt, though this is done on purpose.
For example, фторник instead of вторник, вотка instead of водка, умнайо instead of умное, etc. etc. Also alot of swear words in particular are written like that, but I won't mention them here obviously.
Mostly I think it's the younger peeps that write like that, but it doesn't make sense to me. It's not like it takes less effort to write the words like that, but it almost looks like they're writing the words how they sound.
So, someone who's in the know please explain.
Much appreciated!! :))

Comments

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Well, 9 or 10 years ago, Internet still a novelty, I also went through all possible forms of communication with different people woldwide (forums, chats, ICQ etc.) Not that it lasted long, though. A few weeks or months it's sooo exciting: evrybody luvz deir i-net lingo so much that ur getting confused if its real english or wha. Afer a while, you get tired of it. After a long while, you get sick :)