She probably just wants to have a little fun with typing. Its a social network on the internet, not her term paper. Why does it matter so much? Says the guy who can't type WITHOUT smilies.
The_Yoyo, maybe she meant Nolan Ryan or Earl Campbell? Because it's wrong. You mean you don't know what " " means?
I do know what " " means, thats why I ended my post with " ". You feel me? Yeah, I'm sure that's exactly how she would teach her kids to spell and type . C'mon now, even a man with no brain can tell the difference from internet/txt talk and proper grammar.
It's called Leet speak (l337) here is a decoder I found for you http://www.jayssite.com/stuff/l33t/l33t_translator.html