There have been some recent articles about how the language of texting is damaging the English Language. Whether you agree or not with this view, the language of texting is here to stay. Most of us live through our smartphones and I have to say that even I, an English Language Trainer, use text language when sending SMSs.
I am in awe of young people today who can send texts in seconds. Of course, they have mastered the language of texting and I really need to learn from them. As an English Language Trainer, I cannot escape this reality so instead of fighting it, I thought that I’d dedicate this blog post to showing English Language Learners how to text in English.
Here are some common expressions:
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All the best |
ATB |
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Are |
R |
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Are you OK? |
RUOK
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Be |
B |
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Before |
B4 |
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Be right back |
BRB |
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Be seeing you |
BCNU |
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Boyfriend |
BF |
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For, four |
4 |
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Forever |
4EVER |
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Girlfriend |
GF |
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Great |
GR8 |
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Have a great day |
HAGD |
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Kiss |
X |
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Late |
L8 |
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Later |
L8R |
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Lots of Love |
LOL
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Laugh Out Loud |
LOL |
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No One |
NO1 |
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Oh I see |
OIC |
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Please |
PLS |
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Please call me |
PCM |
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See you |
CU |
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Thanks |
THX |
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Thank you |
THNQ |
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Too, to, two |
2 |
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Today |
2DAY |
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Tomorrow |
2MORO |
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Very |
v |
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Extremely |
vvv |
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What do you |
WADU |
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Want to |
WAN2 |
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What |
WOT |
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What you see is what you get |
WUCIWUG |
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You |
U |
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Your/You’re |
UR |
Let’s look at a text conversation:
A: Hi, RUOK? WOT U up 2?
B: With BF. U?
A: 0. WAN2 meet L8R?
B: Sure. Where?
A: Call u L8R.
B: OK. C YA.
Can you work out what it means? This is a very simple conversation. There are far more complicated chats.
Do you know how to text in English? If you’d like to know more about texting in English, here are two useful sites: Netlingo and Techdictionary.
Happy texting!
Ciao
Shanthi
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