Life is hard enough, why make it harder for older folks like me who didn't grow up with jibberish spelling? Sometimes, it can take me 1/3 time longer just to make out your message! Apparently your idea of 'short forms' is a vast difference from mine. To formal EL geeks like moi, 'short forms' mean contracting a longer spelling for convenience sake. Well, I can't give you many typed examples here. I can only write it out.
