TXT lessons

Lina Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:35 pm

Personally, I don’t like writing in TXT and prefer the regular English…
But when I receive a SMS, email… if I don’t have the basic vocabulary of TXT, I can’t understand…

Here is what I found in Wikidedia

SMS language (also known as chatspeak, txt, txtspk, texting language or txt talk) is the English language slang used in mobile phone SMS. It is an abbreviated form of English similar to a rebus. With predictive text input increasingly being used, it is becoming less common. This type of language has been alleged to not obey or follow standard English grammar; furthermore, the words used in the writing system can't be found in standard dictionaries.
The objective of txt is to use the fewest number of characters needed to convey a comprehensible message. Hence, punctuation and grammar are largely ignored.

So, if I use TXT, people will believe that I'm a native speaker... motus

Lina Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:47 pm

Single letters can replace words. Examples:

* be becomes b
* see becomes c
* are becomes r
* you becomes u
* why becomes y
* and becomes n
* pee or pea becomes p

Single digits can replace words. Examples:

* ate becomes 8
* for becomes 4
* to or too becomes 2

A single letter or digit can replace a syllable. Examples:

* ate becomes 8, so:
o activate becomes activ8
o great becomes GR8
o mate becomes m8
o later becomes l8r
o plates becomes pl8s
o skater becomes sk8r or sk8a
* for or Fore becomes 4, so:
o before becomes (combining both of the above) b4
o therefore becomes der4
o therefore becomes th4

=== only write one letter in a sequence

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o For example, Sorry becomes Sry, and Tomorrow becomes Tomorow (further abbreviated to 2moro and later to 2mro, "2mr" or "2m").

In French, we use also 2m (demain) for tomorrow too... reflexion

Lina Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:49 pm

Combinations of the above can shorten a single or multiple words. Example:

* your and you're both become ur / "yr"

Characters and punctuation are removed to shorten messages:

* Vowels are removed such that the sequence of consonants remain and the word is still recognisable.
o For example, between becomes btwn and yearbook becomes yrbk.
* Whole words may be omitted, especially articles.
* Punctuation may be removed; only question mark and exclamation marks are generally used. The space and capital letter is often omitted after a period.

“/” signifies abbreviation, such as “w/” for with.
Other transcriptions of slang or dialect terms can be used if shorter than the original words, as in cos (with fewer letters than because.)

Lina Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:07 pm

Other text or txt

Sorry is Sry or soz

Text is txt

Got to go is g2g or gtg

be right back is brb

i love you is ily, luv u

hold on is hld on or h/o

whatever is w/e

of course is ov cors or ofc

Oh my god is omg

something is sth

probably is probz or prbly or prolly

account is acc

just kidding is jk

just joking is jj

Lina Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:15 pm

i don't care becomes idc

i don't know becomes idk

at the moment becomes atm

by the way becomes btw

laughing my ass off becomes lmao

rolling on the floor laughing out loud becomes roflol

in my opinion becomes imo

For your information becomes FYI