Abbreviations - Do you use them? What do they mean?

he he he. no i do not use abbreviations. i find it weird and very artificial. if i wanna say something i mean i would either say it type it. not use short forms of it. to me it sounds like you would use it to anybody and evrybody. i would not use it and get mad when anyone sends me messages signed by these abbreviations.

Abbrivation alwyas are important and this a good and shortesst way to express some one feelings. and these especially help in chating here at net. and the right abbrivation at the right time looks so nice. see this one TU mean thank you.

PMSL and LMFAO i'll let you work them out :)

there are alot i will use.. the lol, rofl, brb and afk.. but there are some i just dont use. i will type out "thank you" and "youre welcome" etc and i dont use the skipped vowels speach alot of the kids use, honestly it just annoys me. i guess the ones i use most that arent widely used by the non-gamer person are, pst - please send tell, omw - on my way, atm - at the moment, ftw- for the win, ftl - for the lose. theres a wide variety more that are really just gamer-ese that i dont use in regular text because they dont apply to anything at all outside of the game.

I do use abbreviations for texting people because I find it quicker than having to spell out whole words on the telephone keypad; it can get a bit time-consuming and frustrating! I don't like using them in any other circumstance though (except for the occasional lol, when I think it's appropriate - like you say this is so universal now that it's become more like a word than an abbreviation). I also don't like people doing it in messages to me, it just seems out of place as I think of it as 'texting language'. I don't like the current fashion of missing out vowels either, it just seems really lazy as if the person couldn't be bothered to write all of the letters.

I use abbreiations but only those that I understand and to tell the truth I didnt know about AFK,GG AND TY.I am also careful about where I use the abbreviations.I normally use them in semi-formal settings like in phone texting and in mylot .I find them a very useful way of conveying emotions.

i prefer to use proper english as much as i can... and i don't really like to use abbreviations as much as i can... and it is a good practice to use proper english and it can improve our english language as well as you say...

no.. i am not used to using abbreviations. and i dont like using text speak at all, even in my sms messages, i prefer typing in exact words. :)

Here there, at mylot I rarely use abbreviations and except lol, the one I often use here earlier. Now I never type it in my post again after we could pick lol from mylot code and just insert accordingly in the post. When doing mylotting here, I always endeavor to express myself in proper English. I understand that by doing this I then could really learn the correct spellings and improve my English language here eventually. I key in u, tq, ur, 4, 2, instead of you, thank you, your, for, to, respectively when texting.

I only use a very limited set of abbreviations in text messaging, like LOL for laughing out loud, u for you, r for are, 4 for for, btw for by the way, 2 for to, ppl for people, and a couple of others. I never like using such short forms here in myLot or other forums except for LOL, ROFL, etc. Given the international community here and that some people are the older folks who are not conversant with "text speak", I prefer to write in the proper manner when communicating here. For me, if someone cannot understand what you write (say because of strange short forms used), then you haven't effectively communicated what you want to convey. I consider myLot and other similar forums of this nature as platforms where I exercise my thought processes and sharpen my writing skills. So using short forms here the "text speak" way will not help me to improve my writing.

abbreviations are accepted in scientific journals only if it is internationally accepted

I'm in my forties and until I started on myLot I thought LOL was short for lots of love rather than the lots of laughs. I only texted rarely using full words until I started receiving texts back with abbreviaions and used to have to ask my daughters what they meant. I am a bit more up on what they mean now but still come across the odd one I don't understand the meaning of. I don't know of any new ones to share though I'm afraid. Ellie :D

I was a thickhead in abbreviation before, but I am not now. The work I do should contact with many customers abroad, so I should send many E-mails everyday. I used to write letters frankly one by one. However, I find that my colleagues sent faster than I. I find the secret slowly. I become to use abbreviation. In my area, there are a lot of abbreations. Such as: B/L ----Bill of landing FYI ----For your information EXW ----EX-work FOB ----Free on board CIF ----cost insurance freight .......

OH MY! I joined a site for online gameing and chatting. I wasn't interested in chatting on line with people I just wanted to play card games. Anyway, I decided to check and see what other players were talking about and I thought I was reading a foreign language. I figured out the LOL only after I asked my 11 year old. I know people use that texting language for a reason but I'm all for proper English. It may cost more money and time when texting or posting but at least I'd know what the Hades other people are trying to say. See Yah!

I use those all the time, especially when I chat online. Of course, I was chatting online years before texting was even around on cell phones. Sometimes it is a heck of a lot easier to use the abbreviations than types something out. Like IMHO - in my honest opinion

I do use them while chatting and text messaging. here are some new ones ttyl - talk to you later gn - goodnight sd - sweet dreams tc - take care gtg - got to go Somehow i just hate this aabrv LOL. dunno why. ~pinks~

i abbreviate my words in txting coz its a lot easier and faster, plus saves you the cost if you dont abbreviate it, then you'll end up paying twice or thrice for the same message. if its abbreviated, then you only pay for the cost of one text msg. the abbreviated words that i freqeuntly use are btw, for by the way, tc for take care, sup or wasup for what's up, lol for laughing out loud, tnx for thanks, u for you, 4 for for, ppl for people, well, i remove the vowels most of the time as long as the word is stll understandable.

They aren't so helpful when you are trying to learn English. That is for sure. But they can save time. And increase typing speed. They also are a timesaver. Just depends why you use them.

here's mine: k = ok, you = u, to = 2 text = txt lol some of them were really shortcuts that i usually.