How to Text in English

Posted on April 29, 2013

There have been some recentarticles 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 Id dedicate this blog post to showing English Language Learners how to text in English.

Here are some common expressions: All the best ATB

Are

Are you OK?

RUOK

Be

Before

B4

Be right back

BRB

Be seeing you

BCNU

Boyfriend

BF

For, four

Forever

4EVER

Girlfriend

GF

Great

GR8

Have a great day

HAGD

Kiss

Late

L8

Later

L8R

Lots of Love

LOL

Laugh Out Loud

LOL

No One

NO1

Oh I see

OIC

Please

PLS

Please call me

PCM

See you

CU

Thanks

THX

Thank you

THNQ

Too, to, two

Today

2DAY

Tomorrow

2MORO

Very

Extremely

vvv

What do you

WADU

Want to

WAN2

What

WOT

What you see is what you get

WUCIWUG

You

Your/Youre

UR

Lets 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 youd like to know more about texting in English, here are two useful sites: Netlingo and Techdictionary. Happy texting! Ciao Shanthi

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