I voted for correct English, but I think of that as more of an ideal than a requirement. When I'm chatting, I'm typing fast and may or may not fix (or even notice! goofy ) my errors/typos. But I do use real words for the most part, apart from stuff like re, cya, afk. Of course, I'm a pretty fast touch-typist. I prefer for everyone else to use correct English, too, which 99% of us do, I think. At least of my regular and semi-regular chat buddies. Hoewever, I have goten fluen tin raeding "typo"! goofy

PJ