Spelling/Text Language

[-Soph-]

What's worse are the people who say "Lol" in real conversations...

Someone i know does that..
It makes you sound and look stupid:rolleyes:

[-sFusion-]

mayb i shud mak a start now?

I don't really believe that, spelling properly is good as spellin like dis, you could pick up a habit and end up spelling obvious words wrong in r/l.

yeah i agree, its happened to me with a few words, so now i just spell right all the time (well atleast most)

[DCeption]

Yeah that aload of rubbish, I used to talk like that and I used it in myEnglish lessons :S so i talk properly or try to now!

[cocaine]

I talk properly, I hate slang.

[FlyingJesus]

I can sort of see where this theory comes from, as I find that I have to actually think about it if I want to type in txt spk rather than normal type, but I don't think it does actually make you better at spelling. Surely it would just make you more confused about the spelling of real words, and I see so often people having "no" instead of "know" and such in schoolwork because they're so used to typing it like that.

[ross]

dn0 m8 i just type wateva way i wnt 2 type wen i feel lk it sumtimes peace

[Lubricant]

I type properly. Can't really stand text/chat speak.

[iluvben]

i hate when people assume that if you use text speak you aren't as clever.
some of the cleverest people i know tlk lik diz.
the boy in my school who has won the English Prize every year since he was 11 uses text speak.
so yeah.

i use both, if i cba with talking properly i use "u" and "r" and stuff.