I agree; the proper usage of contemporary English has become quite rare, unfortunately.

This page should help you translate some of the uncivilized babble:

http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php

For a more condensed list with some etymological discussion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language

Edit:  This post has been fixed, thanks to LisaV!

Had to point it out.  :)

 That was a typo!  I earnestly apologize for my rapid typing!  (I should go back and revise my posts, shouldn't I!?)