Missing U

My laptop is old. Like most things which get old, it frequently refuses to listen to my tapping fingers. Today, the U key has decided to go on strike. All day long I have been sending emails in gansta speak as my yous are all yos, and all my u-words have mysteriously become nknown, nforeseen and nfamiliar. Can I live withot a syllable? Live a little on the wild side...