Mii and Euu

It's either I'm getting old, or the patience towards understanding teenagers is wearing off.

We used to spell words to make it short and easy or so that we can squeeze the whole message into a text message and save money from sending one instead of two. For example, we used to spell you as 'u' because logically, that's how you pronounce it.

And 'because' is spelled as 'cause', 'coz' or 'cz' coz that's how the cookie crumbles.

How is spelling 'me' as 'mii' or 'you' as 'euu' goina help you save money in this economic state? In each text, one is only limited to 160 characters per text.

Grr...