Honestly does using chat-speak make you look immature????

I don`t think there is anything wrong with chat-speak, as long as you use it for your own personal conversations with your friends on Facebook and in e-mails.

However, when you are sharing ideas and debating with people you don`t know, many of them not native speakers of English, it would be very nice and polite of you to use proper language.
I have been learning English for more than 9 years by now and I understand most of what I read or hear, but I often don`t get chat-speak or it takes some time until I do.

I agree, it`s not necessarily imature to tlk lyk dis, but among normaly tiping people from all around the world it sure makes you look like an idiot. You are probably not and you could show it with proper writing.

Not to be offencive, but many people don't understand chat-speak. It took me years to understand what "FTW" meant. Plus, in a debate, it doesn't look good if they think you can't spell. :/

I agree that it can be childish, but it's equally childish that people bash other people's icons because they're Disney icons. (Not saying it's you though! Dx) Also, when someone rewrites someone elses sentence, it might be because someone else didn't understand.

Chat speak is associated with teenagers, and therefore, looks immature. Not saying that all teenagers are immature, but most adults don't speak or understand it. I don't mind chat speak, when used properly, such as abbreviating long words to short words, i.e - tomorrow - tmr. But changing what to wat and the to da, just sounds stupid and unintelligent. Honestly, if kids spoke the way they wrote, people would think they were uneducated. And that's not cool.

Personally, I don't think it makes you immature. I agree with the statements above.

I, personally, get tired of chat-speak. It doesn't take much more effort to type words out on a keyboard and it comes off as lazy to me (not that everyone that uses chat-speak is lazy). One or two words is ok - this is the internet not a college writing class. It's just that there's so many people doing it in the extreme that people tend to take out frustrations on all chat-speak, not just the horrid chat-speak.

I Believe Chat-speak was created to be used in chatting,where it would make life easier if you're a slow typer/chatting with a slow typer.

But while posting a question like this,for instance you have all the time in the world to write it properly,and it looks better too.



So.is using chat-speak everywhere immature?yes
is using in -chatting with friends purposes immature?Don't think so.

When you are in a debate , an educated and intellectual discussion, then yes. It seems very immature. Leave it for your private chats with friends.

It might also be because, for me at least, everyone who I talk to doesn't use "Chat Speak". We speak in the English language. It just makes you seem like you're 13.

And most people put this with Twilight, because it's known Twilight fans are young teens/"pre-teens". And the "Chat Speak" just supports this theory and gives us the illusion you aren't very educated.

If you're using it too much, it does make your look immature.
I think it's when you're making a point, using words like 'da' would bring down it's credit as a valid point.
But ,personally, I come from a family of writers, big on reading, grammar and spelling, so chat-speak tends to just irk me a bit.

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