Chatspeak belongs in places which are designated for fun, not places that people learn in (whatever the subject-english to guinea pigs). Considering this forum is about educating people about proper care for
cavies, I would think chatspeak shouldn't be here. Not all of our members are American/English and speak fluent English, so proper speech allows them to more easily read...I'm sure if I was new to the English language I would not appreciate having to figure out what "r" and "u" meant while I was trying to learn. Maybe I'm just weird.