OMG, I don’t C a chat glossary Thread poster: Gary Smith Lawson
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OMG, I don’t C a chat glossary
After a recent search of the web and Proz for a glossary of cell phone / chat abbreviations, I have come to the conclusion that there has been very little serious study into the matter (but very much lurid and grotesque study, mostly involving sex and foul language that uses the abbreviation as a euphemism). Perhaps this is because purists (like ourselves) don’t wish to encourage this language. Nevertheless, we obviously need to be aw... See more OMG, I don’t C a chat glossary
After a recent search of the web and Proz for a glossary of cell phone / chat abbreviations, I have come to the conclusion that there has been very little serious study into the matter (but very much lurid and grotesque study, mostly involving sex and foul language that uses the abbreviation as a euphemism). Perhaps this is because purists (like ourselves) don’t wish to encourage this language. Nevertheless, we obviously need to be aware of it. I checked the Proz forums and glossaries and found nothing really useful (correct me if I’m wrong). Moreover, a glossary would lack the necessary “grammar” notes for this new language and bilingualism is useless in this field anyhow. So I’ve decided to post this as a forum in the hope that Prozians can then add to the knowledge base, particularly in other languages. Please feel free to do so, but take care to add entire glossaries or links as opposed to one or two entries at a time, so as not to make the knowledge base unwieldly for others to use. If not, I'll have to post this as an article, and then you'll be sorry. ;.P
Come to think of it, a punctation mark icon glossary would be handy, too, if anybody knows of one... d(-_-)d
So, FWIW, here goes my drop in the ocean for English and Spanish text/chat language:
EN:
1t = want
2 = to
4 = for
8 = ate (and homophones, e.g.: h8 = hate, L8 = late, m8 = mate, w8 = wait, gr8 = great, etc.)
b = be
c = see
d = the
n = and
q = queue
r = are
t = tea
u = you
y = why
afk = Away from keyboard
btw = By the way
brb = Be right back
cud = Could
fyi = For your information
fwiw = For what it’s worth
lol = Laughing out loud
omg = Oh my God
rrofl = Rolling round on floor laughing
TM = Too much (+ noun)
TNX = Thanks
TYT = Take your time
TXT = text (Note that "text" is also used as a verb, meaning “to send a text message”)
ES:
In Spanish (Europe and northern Africa), alphabetic letters can be used to represent syllables. For example: pk2 = pecados.
As Spanish has few vowel sounds, these are often simply left out and the word is well understood (e.g.: vns sbdo? = ¿vienes el sábado? dnd = donde)
The silent “h” is often omitted, much to the dismay of Spanish language teachers.
More generally understood examples:
bs = besos
q = que
pq = porque
k = often used to replace the “que” sound/word and similar constructions. (e.g.: k krs? = ¿qué quieres?)
m = me (pronoun)
ns = nosotros
ud = usted (a pre-cell phone abbreviation)
t = te (pronoun)
x = “por” o “ch” (e.g.: x la nxe = por la noche; dxt = deporte) ▲ Collapse
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French to English
| txtng the gr8 db8 | Aug 16, 2010 |
txtng the gr8 db8 is a book by David Crystal you might like - including lists of text abbreviations in 11 languages...
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ASL: Age, Sex, Location
BF/GF: Boyfriend, Girlfriend
BRB: Be Right Back
CD9: Code 9 - means parents are around
GNOC: Get Naked On Cam (webcam)
G2G: Got To Go
IDK: I Don't Know
LMIRL: Let's Meet In Real Life
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
MorF: Male or Female
MOS: Mum Over Shoulder
NIFOC: Naked In Front Of Computer
P911: Parents Emergency ... See more ASL: Age, Sex, Location
BF/GF: Boyfriend, Girlfriend
BRB: Be Right Back
CD9: Code 9 - means parents are around
GNOC: Get Naked On Cam (webcam)
G2G: Got To Go
IDK: I Don't Know
LMIRL: Let's Meet In Real Life
LOL: Laugh Out Loud
MorF: Male or Female
MOS: Mum Over Shoulder
NIFOC: Naked In Front Of Computer
P911: Parents Emergency
PAW: Parents Are Watching
PIR: Parents In Room
POS: Parents Over Shoulder
PRON: Porn
PRW: Parents Are Watching
S2R: Send to Receive (this relates to pictures)
TDTM: Talk Dirty To Me
Warez: Pirated software
....learned and copied from my very own Facebooking teens ▲ Collapse
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Gary Smith Lawson
Spain
Local time: 14:13
Member (2007)
Spanish to English
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Wow - but do people actually know/use all those...?
I wouldn't have a clue. It seems like David crystal or teenagers are the ones to ask. :.) LOL
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| Well, yes... | Aug 18, 2010 |
Gary Smith wrote:
It seems like ... teenagers are the ones to ask.
But whatever you do, don't ask the under-tens!!!!
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