Didn't the whole idea get popularized with phone texting, messenger etc etc? ...I think such extreme shortening of words is a fairly recent thing...so maybe with time it will get easier and easier to decipher - as we get more and more used to it... and then the most commonly used clipped words will eventually rule (survival of the fittest type of thing haha) For example, most people say 'wat' for 'what' and 'da' for 'the' etc etc. so 'what' will eventually always just be 'wat' and 'the' will become 'da' ... and i'm so tired i'm not sure if i'm making sense..i should be in bed, LOL