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i found this on another site
24/7 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFAIU - As Far As I Understand
AISI - As I See It
AKA - Also Known As
ANY1 - Anyone
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASL - Age/ Sex/ Location?
ATB - All The Best
ATTN - Attention
B4 - Before
B4N - Bye For Now
BFN - Bye For Now
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BIL - Brother In Law
BION - Believe It Or Not
BOL - Best Of Luck
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
BWL - Bursting With Laughter
C&P - Copy & Paste
CAW - Children Are Watching
CIO - Crying It Out
CU - See you
DIM - Do It Myself
DIY - Do It Yourself
DK - Don't Know
DLG - Devilish Little Grin
DOB - Date Of Birth
EOD - End Of Discussion
F2F - Face To Face
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FIL - Father In Law
FTR - For The Record
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
GA - Go Ahead
GBH&K - Great Big Hugs & Kisses
GF - Girlfriend
GG - Gotta Go
GL - Good Luck
GLG - Goofy Little Grin
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GR8 - Great
GTG - Got To Go
HAK - Hugs And Kisses
H&K - Hugs & Kisses
HAND - Have A Nice Day
HP - Home Page
HTH - Hope This Helps (or Helped)
IB - I'm Back
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IME - In My Experience
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOU - I Owe You
IOW - In Other Words
ISO - In Search Of
ISP - Internet Service Provider
JK - Just Kidding
JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion
JMO - Just My Opinion
JSYK - Just So You Know
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KWIM - Know What I Mean
L8R - Later
LALL - Live And Let Live
LMK - Let Me Know
LOAO - Laughing Our A*ses Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTM - Laughing To Myself
LTNS - Long Time No See
LY - Love ya
M8 - Mate
ME2 - Me Too
MIL - Mother In Law
MOF - Matter Of Fact
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
NBD - No Big Deal
NBTD - Nothing Better To Do
NE1 - Anyone
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
NLT - No Later Than
NM - Never Mind or No Message
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NP - No Problem
NT - No Text
NTG - Not Too Good
OIC - Oh I See
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OW - Oh Well
PITA - Pain In The A***
PDQ - Pretty D*mn Quick
PLS - Please
POV - Point Of View
PTB - Powers That Be
PTMM - Please Tell Me More
PTMY - Pleased To Meet You
QT - Cutie
RE - Regarding
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*s Off
ROFLMHO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Head Off
ROFLOL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLSHISMC - Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard I Spilt My coffee
ROTM - Right On The Money
RSN - Real Soon Now
SAR - Smart A*s Remark
SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist
SETE - Smiling Ear To Ear
SIL - Sister In Law
SIT - Stay In Touch
SO - Significant Other
SOL - Sh*t Out of Luck
SPAM - SPiced hAM [a common term on the Internet used to refer to unsolicited bulk e-mail]
SRY - Sorry
STS - So To Speak
SS - Step Son
SD - Step Daughter
TAF - That's All Folks
TAFN - That's All For Now
TBC - To Be Continued
TBH - To Be Honest
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TLC - Tender Loving Care
THX - Thanks
TROLL - To deliberately provoke an argument in a newsgroup, forum or chat room
TTC -Trying To Conceive
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TWIMC - To Whom It May Concern
TY - Thank You
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
VBG - Very Big Grin
W8 - Wait
WB - Welcome Back
WBS - Write Back Soon
WFM - Works For Me
WOM - Word Of Mouth
WRT - With Respect To
WTG - Way To Go!
YKWIM - You Know What I Mean
YT - Yours Truly
i found this on another site
24/7 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFAIU - As Far As I Understand
AISI - As I See It
AKA - Also Known As
ANY1 - Anyone
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASL - Age/ Sex/ Location?
ATB - All The Best
ATTN - Attention
B4 - Before
B4N - Bye For Now
BFN - Bye For Now
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BIL - Brother In Law
BION - Believe It Or Not
BOL - Best Of Luck
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
BWL - Bursting With Laughter
C&P - Copy & Paste
CAW - Children Are Watching
CIO - Crying It Out
CU - See you
DIM - Do It Myself
DIY - Do It Yourself
DK - Don't Know
DLG - Devilish Little Grin
DOB - Date Of Birth
EOD - End Of Discussion
F2F - Face To Face
FAQ - Frequently Asked Question(s)
FIL - Father In Law
FTR - For The Record
FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
GA - Go Ahead
GBH&K - Great Big Hugs & Kisses
GF - Girlfriend
GG - Gotta Go
GL - Good Luck
GLG - Goofy Little Grin
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GR8 - Great
GTG - Got To Go
HAK - Hugs And Kisses
H&K - Hugs & Kisses
HAND - Have A Nice Day
HP - Home Page
HTH - Hope This Helps (or Helped)
IB - I'm Back
IIRC - If I Recall Correctly
IME - In My Experience
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOU - I Owe You
IOW - In Other Words
ISO - In Search Of
ISP - Internet Service Provider
JK - Just Kidding
JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion
JMO - Just My Opinion
JSYK - Just So You Know
KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid
KWIM - Know What I Mean
L8R - Later
LALL - Live And Let Live
LMK - Let Me Know
LOAO - Laughing Our A*ses Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud
LTM - Laughing To Myself
LTNS - Long Time No See
LY - Love ya
M8 - Mate
ME2 - Me Too
MIL - Mother In Law
MOF - Matter Of Fact
MYOB - Mind Your Own Business
NBD - No Big Deal
NBTD - Nothing Better To Do
NE1 - Anyone
NIMBY - Not In My Back Yard
NLT - No Later Than
NM - Never Mind or No Message
NOYB - None Of Your Business
NP - No Problem
NT - No Text
NTG - Not Too Good
OIC - Oh I See
OT - Off Topic
OTOH - On The Other Hand
OW - Oh Well
PITA - Pain In The A***
PDQ - Pretty D*mn Quick
PLS - Please
POV - Point Of View
PTB - Powers That Be
PTMM - Please Tell Me More
PTMY - Pleased To Meet You
QT - Cutie
RE - Regarding
ROFL - Rolling On Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My A*s Off
ROFLMHO - Rolling On Floor Laughing My Head Off
ROFLOL - Rolling On the Floor Laughing Out Loud
ROTFLSHISMC - Rolling On The Floor Laughing So Hard I Spilt My coffee
ROTM - Right On The Money
RSN - Real Soon Now
SAR - Smart A*s Remark
SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist
SETE - Smiling Ear To Ear
SIL - Sister In Law
SIT - Stay In Touch
SO - Significant Other
SOL - Sh*t Out of Luck
SPAM - SPiced hAM [a common term on the Internet used to refer to unsolicited bulk e-mail]
SRY - Sorry
STS - So To Speak
SS - Step Son
SD - Step Daughter
TAF - That's All Folks
TAFN - That's All For Now
TBC - To Be Continued
TBH - To Be Honest
TGIF - Thank God It's Friday
TIA - Thanks In Advance
TIC - Tongue In Cheek
TLC - Tender Loving Care
THX - Thanks
TROLL - To deliberately provoke an argument in a newsgroup, forum or chat room
TTC -Trying To Conceive
TTFN - Ta Ta For Now
TWIMC - To Whom It May Concern
TY - Thank You
TYVM - Thank You Very Much
VBG - Very Big Grin
W8 - Wait
WB - Welcome Back
WBS - Write Back Soon
WFM - Works For Me
WOM - Word Of Mouth
WRT - With Respect To
WTG - Way To Go!
YKWIM - You Know What I Mean
YT - Yours Truly
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what about........
T F BUNDY - totally f*%ked but unfortunaly not dead yet
PAFO - *issed and fell over
FUBAR -
SNAFU -
what about........
T F BUNDY - totally f*%ked but unfortunaly not dead yet
PAFO - *issed and fell over
FUBAR -
SNAFU -
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SNAFU- Situation Normal, All F****d up.
FUBAR- f***ed up beyond all repair.
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SNAFU- Situation Normal, All F****d up.
FUBAR- f***ed up beyond all repair.
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Posted:
haha well i tried
and kind of in a rush and ppl are always saying i dont understand what u mean ect
im setting up my company website and using that there and so thought id post it here
haha well i tried
and kind of in a rush and ppl are always saying i dont understand what u mean ect
im setting up my company website and using that there and so thought id post it here
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intoxicated, impaled, ingested.
bewitched, beaten, broken.
enter the love realm...
insert ur token
o jej, ale bym ci wylizal ten pepek
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Location: Bristol UK
Posted:
Yeah, I'm with FRD on this one...
But then, I study language at university, and understand the difficulties that every other culture has with our language...
things like: 'ppl'. If i was from a non-english speaking country, I wouldn't know what the hell you meant by that...
And especially abbreviations like 'ur'. As far as I'm aware, English is the only language to pronounce the 'U' as 'Yoo'. Every other language has the pronunciation: 'ooo'. I would take that to mean 'or'. Our alphabet is one of the hardest in the world to pronounce. All of our vowels have at least two or three different ways of being pronounced, and some letters are pointless. Take our phonetic alphabet. there aren't 21 consonant sounds in it. but there are certainly more than 5 vowel sounds...
Whilst being one of the most widely spoken languages, English is one of the hardest languages (if not THE hardest) in the world to speak/learn, what with all of our strange pronunciations and spellings, and silent letters... Let's not make it even harder for people.
Interesting fact: English is an extremely bastardised language, the worst in the world. Every invader of britain left it's influence on our language. With roots coming from German, Latin, Norse,and French.
I'll stop rambling, now... I think I was trying to say 'I don't like text speak'...
Yeah, I'm with FRD on this one...
But then, I study language at university, and understand the difficulties that every other culture has with our language...
things like: 'ppl'. If i was from a non-english speaking country, I wouldn't know what the hell you meant by that...
And especially abbreviations like 'ur'. As far as I'm aware, English is the only language to pronounce the 'U' as 'Yoo'. Every other language has the pronunciation: 'ooo'. I would take that to mean 'or'. Our alphabet is one of the hardest in the world to pronounce. All of our vowels have at least two or three different ways of being pronounced, and some letters are pointless. Take our phonetic alphabet. there aren't 21 consonant sounds in it. but there are certainly more than 5 vowel sounds...
Whilst being one of the most widely spoken languages, English is one of the hardest languages (if not THE hardest) in the world to speak/learn, what with all of our strange pronunciations and spellings, and silent letters... Let's not make it even harder for people.
Interesting fact: English is an extremely bastardised language, the worst in the world. Every invader of britain left it's influence on our language. With roots coming from German, Latin, Norse,and French.
I'll stop rambling, now... I think I was trying to say 'I don't like text speak'...
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Posted:
I don't like text speak.
Mostly because it has something against vowels.
Which can be quite loverly if you give them a chance.
I don't like text speak.
Mostly because it has something against vowels.
Which can be quite loverly if you give them a chance.
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Posted:
A quote from a fair few places...
To be honest, I see using txt abbreviations when you have a whole keyboard in front of you as just plain lazy.
It's one thing to use them when you've only got a phone keypad to use, and a limited number of characters, but there's really no excuse otherwise - a keyboard has a key for every letter for a reason.
A quote from a fair few places...
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English doesn't borrow from other languages, it follows them down dark alleys, cracks them over the head, then rifles through their pockets for loose grammar.
To be honest, I see using txt abbreviations when you have a whole keyboard in front of you as just plain lazy.
It's one thing to use them when you've only got a phone keypad to use, and a limited number of characters, but there's really no excuse otherwise - a keyboard has a key for every letter for a reason.
But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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Posted:
I agree.
I HATE text speak. I like the English language, and it's confusing-ness. Granted I'm not one of the best users of it and get my grammer totally confused, and am constantly making up new words. At least i try.
Text speak is plain lazy and a language of it's own. I only understand basics of it (u, r etc..) and only use those when i am writing a text and am only a couple of characters over and need to shorten it down a little.
I agree.
I HATE text speak. I like the English language, and it's confusing-ness. Granted I'm not one of the best users of it and get my grammer totally confused, and am constantly making up new words. At least i try.
Text speak is plain lazy and a language of it's own. I only understand basics of it (u, r etc..) and only use those when i am writing a text and am only a couple of characters over and need to shorten it down a little.
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Posted:
PMPL - P*ssing my pants laughing
and
PAOM - p*ssing all over myself lol (sort of a lol type thing)
PMPL - P*ssing my pants laughing
and
PAOM - p*ssing all over myself lol (sort of a lol type thing)
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English is formed from interpretations of prononciation of foreign words, hence the similarities, funnily enough i was pondering this very thing on the bus to work this morning. which also explains why it is not a phonetic language
English is formed from interpretations of prononciation of foreign words, hence the similarities, funnily enough i was pondering this very thing on the bus to work this morning. which also explains why it is not a phonetic language
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From learning a bit of swahili, you find even this turns up in English! Safari is a Swahili word for journey, you can see how it ended up in our vocabulary. I found it interesting anyway.
I totally agree on this one. I only recently found out that imo means in my opinion. OWD for instance usually has that at least once in all of his replies and I never knew what the hell it meant!
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Interesting fact: English is an extremely bastardised language, the worst in the world. Every invader of britain left it's influence on our language. With roots coming from German, Latin, Norse,and French.
From learning a bit of swahili, you find even this turns up in English! Safari is a Swahili word for journey, you can see how it ended up in our vocabulary. I found it interesting anyway.
I totally agree on this one. I only recently found out that imo means in my opinion. OWD for instance usually has that at least once in all of his replies and I never knew what the hell it meant!
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'TTC -Trying To Conceive'
Yea cos that comes up in msn convos all the time!
'TTC -Trying To Conceive'
Yea cos that comes up in msn convos all the time!
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What a Bummer
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Location: Shatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Posted:
Sounds more like an incontinence type thing lol, you should go buy some nappys if you have problems with your bladder!!
Written by: Brit_Joe
PMPL - P*ssing my pants laughing
and
PAOM - p*ssing all over myself lol (sort of a lol type thing)
Sounds more like an incontinence type thing lol, you should go buy some nappys if you have problems with your bladder!!
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