text abrevations

[dustypuss]

Thick moment

please let me know what all the text abbreviations are

some i know like

L M A O . LAUGH MY AR*E OFF
L O L LOTS OF LOVE . OR LOTS OFF LAUGHS

Please send me more

thank you

[~max~]

BRB Be right back
LOL is actually Laughing Out Loud, I think
ROFL Rolling on floor laughing
AFAIK As far as I know
PMSL Pi$s myself laughing
HTH Hope that helps

[bigmamma]

Here are a few

http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm

[dustypuss]

good god BM I wish I hadn't ask now

[bigmamma]

Lol , I know .!

[dave1969]

This will puzzel you even more read below

Predictive text triggers new slang

Teenagers are inventing a whole new slang based on the predictive text function used to send messages on mobile phones.

They are replacing the words they mean with the first alternative that comes up when typing a message, reports the Daily Telegraph.

So "book" means "cool" - because book is the word that first comes up when you type cool into your phone using predictive text.

And when teens say "zonino!" it means "woohoo!" and when they refer to someone's "nun" they mean their mum.

If a teenager says they are in the "sub", it means they are down the "pub". When they get a "pint" in, it becomes a "shot" and the "barmaid" is a "carnage".

And if they are really lucky, after a few "shots" they may get to "lips" (kiss) the "carnage".

David Crystal, a linguistics expert at Bangor University, said the language is known as textonyms, or t9onyms (pronounced tynonyms).

"Playing with language isn't new, kids have been doing it since at least Victorian times," he said.

"It shows incredible ingenuity and, believe it or not, a high degree of literacy on their part.

"And don't worry if you find it confusing. There's little chance many of these words will be incorporated into our language. They'll likely fall by the wayside."?

[yogasun]

dave1969 I found that interesting. With predictive text it's easy to forget to check what you've typed. I remember now having to always change:-
Are you coming for a neck? (when it needs to be 'meal' !)

[bigmamma]

Oh , that predictive text ! I can't use it , I can text plenty quick enough without it :-)

[martin t]

Predictive text hmmm, my Brother is awlays asking if I fancy a few adds!!!

[{Dakota}]

LOL @ martin, I received a text from my friend the other day, he had a missed call from me and he said "on cup, phone you soon". He was meant to say 'bus'. This had me laughing for ages, I just got an image in my head of him riding one of those tea cups you get at the carnival, home.

[martin t]

My Mum (nun) is 80 and texts like a teen and sometimes I have to ring her up to ask what she has put.

For IM acronyms here's a good place to look
http://www.jabber.org/im-acronyms

[EngTeach]

Hi,
They may fall by the wayside, but for now they are appearing in too many homework essays and even on tests. If I teach the "Writing for a specific audience" lesson one more time..... aaarrghh!

[dustypuss]

ITMPTO

I turned my predictive text off

OMGTIE

Oh my god this is easy

LOL

[dustypuss]

I bet you young ones dont rember this (TTFN)

[Drisgirl]

PMSL @ martins mum -class !!!