Difference between めっちゃくちゃ and めちゃくちゃ


Yesterday I saw the movie "Atelier", and I heard the phrase め **っ** ちゃくちゃ. Is
it grammatically correct? And how to translate it?

Can emphasized め **っ** ちゃくちゃ be found in official literature? Google shows
about 999,000 results.. And めちゃくちゃ - 42,900,000 results.

Can someone answer it, not just give a down-votes? I will not give up :)




The difference is that the version with っ is more emotive and/or emphatic.
This is not unique to めっちゃ:

  * [やはり→やっぱり](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/418/542)
  * [とても→とっても](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/808/542)

It is more emotive and it closes the distance between the speaker and
listener. If the speaker was in an official or a formal role such as a person
giving a speech at a conference or addressing an important person, the use of
the emotive version causes the speaker to be perceived as representing his
personal self instead of representing his official post or role at that time.
As such it may be unsuitable for formal use, and hence may possibly be
perceived as rude or impolite for being incongruent with the social situation
at hand.




The difference is that the version with っ is more emotive and/or emphatic.
This is not unique to めっちゃ:

  * [やはり→やっぱり](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/418/542)
  * [とても→とっても](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/808/542)

It is more emotive and it closes the distance between the speaker and
listener. If the speaker was in an official or a formal role such as a person
giving a speech at a conference or addressing an important person, the use of
the emotive version causes the speaker to be perceived as representing his
personal self instead of representing his official post or role at that time.
As such it may be unsuitable for formal use, and hence may possibly be
perceived as rude or impolite for being incongruent with the social situation
at hand.

