I'd like to point out that trying to set down ANY kind of "English" phonetically is a nightmare and that some "variant" languages, such as Scots have acquired their own spelling conventions just as standard English has. How to set down enough of the dialectical difference to show that the speaker isn't speaking as WE interpret the conventions but without forcing the reader to sound out every blooming word -- well, that's a problem writers have long struggled with.   So I can understand the irritation of an early contributor, who'd be just as irritated, I fink, if ahee tride too rite egzacklee hwat cums auwt ov mahee mouf...