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fixed typo: "no" to "not" in "not so casual"
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Paulina
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You asked how common it is and no one else has given location information, so I will.

I'm in the intermountain west area of the US, and around here it's extremely common to say "I'mma" or "I'monna". In speaking it's considered casual, but nonot so casual I wouldn't use it when talking to a coworker, and I probably wouldn't even notice if a coworker used it with me unless I was specifically looking for it. I would try to avoid it in more formal contexts, such as a presentation at work. However, in places where it's not common, its use would probably sound "rural" or "hickish".

In writing, it's extremely informal. I would never use it in an email, and in text only with my close friends and even then only when I'm being purposely informal.

You asked how common it is and no one else has given location information, so I will.

I'm in the intermountain west area of the US, and around here it's extremely common to say "I'mma" or "I'monna". In speaking it's considered casual, but no so casual I wouldn't use it when talking to a coworker, and I probably wouldn't even notice if a coworker used it with me unless I was specifically looking for it. I would try to avoid it in more formal contexts, such as a presentation at work. However, in places where it's not common, its use would probably sound "rural" or "hickish".

In writing, it's extremely informal. I would never use it in an email, and in text only with my close friends and even then only when I'm being purposely informal.

You asked how common it is and no one else has given location information, so I will.

I'm in the intermountain west area of the US, and around here it's extremely common to say "I'mma" or "I'monna". In speaking it's considered casual, but not so casual I wouldn't use it when talking to a coworker, and I probably wouldn't even notice if a coworker used it with me unless I was specifically looking for it. I would try to avoid it in more formal contexts, such as a presentation at work. However, in places where it's not common, its use would probably sound "rural" or "hickish".

In writing, it's extremely informal. I would never use it in an email, and in text only with my close friends and even then only when I'm being purposely informal.

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Paulina
Paulina
  • 44
  • 2

You asked how common it is and no one else has given location information, so I will.

I'm in the intermountain west area of the US, and around here it's extremely common to say "I'mma" or "I'monna". In speaking it's considered casual, but no so casual I wouldn't use it when talking to a coworker, and I probably wouldn't even notice if a coworker used it with me unless I was specifically looking for it. I would try to avoid it in more formal contexts, such as a presentation at work. However, in places where it's not common, its use would probably sound "rural" or "hickish".

In writing, it's extremely informal. I would never use it in an email, and in text only with my close friends and even then only when I'm being purposely informal.