Does text talk make you seem stupid?

Not to me, no...Unless you use it like an addict and you never stop. Like:

"OMG LYK I G2G TTYL ILY!" 24/7...
That's a bit annoying and ignorant, to me.

 

When your using a cell phone or typing the computer I don't think it does but if it becomes a habit and you use it during school or important documents oh hell it does

 

txt tlk is for text messaging
amirite?

 

Personally,I don't think anyone here would sound stupid using it.It is just quicker.Never use in school though.

 

I hate it when people email you and do the text writing crap, whatever the hell it's called >_> I always correct them and tell them to use grammar, and they tell me to shut the f*ck up! Grammar is what America needs to use. Then people use it on papers? Like on notes they say, "OMG!" and "lol". God.

 

LOL.I felt that way when I first saw LOL.

 

I'm sorry, but txt talk = fail.
Especially when you're trying to tell someone something rather important, and they reply, "I dun no wt ur tlkng bt."

VOWELS ARE IN OUR ALPHABET FOR A REASON.

And it really looks bad on forums, since most everyone else is typing in coherent English sentences and you get someone going, "lol wow r u stupid" or something like that.

...Or someone going, "hiiiiiiii :)" or "can i join". You get my point. :3

 

I am okay with FTW, WTF, GTFO, STFU, LOL, ROFL, LMAO or G2G.

They are acronyms. But having words mutilated is worse.

I dunno why, but that is how I view it.

 

Nuuu UR DOIN IT RONG.


Sorry, couldn't resist...
I think I already posted here a while back saying that it has nothing to do with actual intelligence, as I have seen several kids who are geniouses typ lik dis. That being said, as people become increasingly cryptic with their "abbrevs" I find it hard to even read stuff sometimes ):

Yeahhh for sure. Because quite honestly, the colloquial BS that kids slip into "formal" essays is nauseating enough, let alone texting lingo.

 

I think in certain situtations, yes. But not all the time. It does if:

1.) Out loud you say, "Lyke, OMG! WTF?"
2.) You overuse it, and use it in everything.

But if you don't overuse it, I think it's fine.

 

As a joke, I have started using the words, lol, ftw, wtf, rofl, lmao, stfu, gtfo in Real life.

Not seriously, but as an obvious joke. Although the habit's growing on me.

 

i would say no because its so much easier to talk like that

 

Well, if you use it when its not even convinent, then its just annoying =/ But if it saves time, then go for it =/

 

It's more like learning a new language. All I really know is 'u' and thats it, I can't be bothered talking like that, most of the kids in my school who do talk like that generally fail exams because they can't tell the difference between real english and text talk.
It can save time when sending messages, it can even hide messages away from people who can't talk text talk, but everyone who knows text talk should know english before anything else or they will fail life.