Is it a new trend to try and type exactly how you talk? By doing this, your typing makes you sound like an idiot. I don't care if you are a redneck, yankee, west coast looser or whatever else you want to try and be, but to try and type like the accent sounds is stupid. I know people actually have to put an effort into typing this way. It's a wasted effort. Just type normal English and don't worry about the accent and what people might think. It gets really old...
I admit, I might have typed like that once or twice in my life, but I do not make an effort to do it every time I type something.
Fyi, this is not a Canadian rant either, you folks can say and type "eh" all you want.