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English Text Shortcuts

English Text Shortcuts

When people are writing text messages (or emails) in English on their mobile phones, they often use abbreviations (短縮). Here are a few examples.

C u tnt.
See you tonight.

What r u doing 4 xmas?
What are you doing for Christmas?

Talk 2 u l8r.
Talk to you later.

Lets meet at 11 tmrw mng.
Let’s meet at 11 tomorrow morning.

R u home yet?
Are you home yet?

Y didnt u w8 4 me?
Why didn’t you wait for me?

Pls say thx 2 ur gf.
Please say thank you to your girlfriend.

Pls finish the rpt asap. Bc I need it 4 mtg tmrw.
Please finish the report as soon as possible. Because I need it for the meeting tomorrow.

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Posted by Aidan on Mon 04 May 2009 at 16:34 under English, Slang | Permalink

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