Wuau!!

I'm usually at work when I receive most of the text messages from my mom, which makes it a little difficult not to burst out laughing. For example, I was sitting at work one morning when I receive the morning "how r u" text message.

Mom: "how r u"
Me: "good, how are you?"
Mom: "so so"
Me: "are you still sick?"
Mom: "so so do u know that vin is g to canada"
Me: "he is? no i havent spoken to him. he hasnt been at work many days this week"
Mom: "Wuau!! he is g with brian all 4"
Me: "what?? he's going with brian all 4 what?"

My office phone rings after about 1 minute

On the phone:
Mom: "It would take me 4 hours to type all of that. Vin is driving to Canada, he should be there in a couple hours"
Me: "What does 'W.U.A.U' mean?"
Mom: "Oh my god, it means WOW! Don't you know the text message code?"

How is 'wuau' text message code for wow?? I always thought that a code would have less letters than the original word, but in the world of my mom's text messaging..I am wrong lol. As my mom pointed it, I'm not as cool as she is...