英文手机短信竟然可以这样简短

Writing a text message in short

英文手机短信竟然可以这样简短

When sending English text messages by mobile phone, people use abbreviations-they make words as short as possible. Look at these examples:

R = are

B = be

2 = to/two

U = you

C = see

4 = for/four

What do you think these mean?

B4

2U

B4 = before

2U = to you

How about these (think about how you pronounce the number!)?

L8

L8R

GR8

H8

L8 = late

L8R = later

GR8 = great

H8 = hate

NE

NE1

NO1

OIC

SPK

RUOK

BCNU

THNQ

T2UL8R

2DAY

2MORO

2NITE

WAN2

XLNT

NE = any

NE1 = anyone

NO1 = no-one

OIC = oh, I see

SPK = speak

RUOK = are you OK?

BCNU = be seeing you

THNQ = thank you

T2UL8R = talk to you later

2DAY = today

2MORO = tomorrow

2NITE = tonight

WAN2 = want to

XLNT = excellent