Time for this thread to migrate to somewhere else methinks...
However, "unmanned transport" I have to disagree. Just because some portion of the population misspells a word doesn't make it right. I presume you would find "how r u" incorrect? However the vast majority of teenagers wouldn't think twice.
The destruction of language as we know it, due to plain laziness, is not progress. I do not disagree with the assertion that language 'evolves' over time (try reading some Shakespear...) but there is a difference between evolution and ignorance. US English is called "US English" because it has known and accepted differences, but that does not make it the defacto standard - quite the opposite. It is a derivative or version of the original, in the exact same way that Spanish from Mexico (pick your country...) is a derivative of Spanish from Spain.
c u l8ur....
- GY