haha the possibilities are endless....
One way of shortening words is to spell them like they sound. Here are a few examples of the most common text messaging shortcuts:
- any ne
- are r
- be b
- cutie - qt
- see c
- we v
- why y
- you u
What does the sample sentence look like now? Right: R v going to go through this again? Not that much shorter yet, lets see what else is required.
Using Numbers and Symbols as Words or Parts of Words
Many words can be spelled like numbers, or at least a part of them can. Also, dont even think about spelling out numbers! Simply use the actual number.
anyone ne1
- and - & or n
- at - @
- ate 8
- for 4
- forgot 4got or 4gt
- great gr8t
- later l8r
- no one no1
- percent %
- to/too/two 2
Lets look at the sample sentence again: R v going 2 go through this again? That can be shorter.
Other Text Messaging Shortcuts
Common SMS practices for shortening words that cant be condensed with any of the above mentioned methods are:
- Leaving out vowels,
- removing the e in words ending with e,
- replacing o with u for correct sound,
- shortening double consonants to one,
- replacing i + consonants with y.
- at work @wrk
- give giv
- love luv
- please plz
- right ryt
- sorry sry
- thanks thx
- through thru
Heres the sample sentence now: R v gng 2 go thru ths agn? 26 characters, not bad, but see the next list, its actually a common text messaging abbreviation.
Common Text Messaging Abbreviations
There are many SMS acronyms, abbreviations and short forms for popular phrases and the list is growing daily; the selection below is just a small sample. Ones own creativity is the limit, so theres no excuse not to add to the pool of catchy SMS phrases.
- are we going to go through this again awgtgtta (8 characters, cant beat that)
- as soon as possible - asap
- because bcuz
- (will) be right back brb
- by the way btw
- call me cm
- dont know dk
- excuse me em
- good morning gm
- good night gn
- hand have a nice day
- have fun hf
- in my (humble) opinion imo/imho
- in my not-so-humble opinion imnsho
- keep in touch kit
- laughing out loud lol
- miss you mu
- nature n8r
- okay k
- running late ringl8
- see you later cul8r
- see you tomorrow cut
- talk to you later ttyl or ttul
- time to go t2go
http://medialiteracy.suite101.com/article.cfm/decoding_text_messaging_lingo#ixzz0LGK5WJQC&D