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

[branwen.livejournal.com]

It's like how some people spell "cool" like "kewl", and other various spelling deviations. It's no easier to spell it that way, but they do it anyways for some reason.

[freiburg234.livejournal.com]

Funny, but it's not too long ago that "cool" was just an adjective used to describe a perceived weather condition or the temperature of a particular matter, such as water, for example.

Back then, decribing someone as "cool" was primarily used to mean that the individual displayed an unusual lack of emotion.

The point is that today's conservatives attempting defend the status quo, i.e. "cool" or "wicked", were yesterday's radicals attempting to establish a new order, i.e. "cool" and "wicked".

We need to remember that when we think of "kewl" and other non-standard useage.