I sometimes say How U doing? or R U There? when texting.
@lookatdesktop (27134)
Dallas, Texas
March 31, 2016 7:23pm CST
I need a dictionary of TEXT MESSAGE acronyms.
I find it easier to type long handed but know how to do some of the short cuts.
LOL I thought stood for laughing out loudly but sometimes I think it really means,
Last One Laughing.
What's up is I think, WAZ U? Is this normal?
What say U? Duz ya thunk it might be dat in near future, the whole internet , whole dang world will use TEXTING to communicate from every language no barriers?
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
@Lucky15 If I had one emoticon for most of my replies it would be HYSTERICAL EMOTICON FACE.
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
As Cell phones get better and bigger I think it will be easy to read long hand by choosing larger font settings. I imagine they can do it one letter at a time. Funny looking at a cell phone screen and reading a letter that fills the entire screen with a cursor arrow to the right to go to the next letter in a text message, such as: H O W R U ?
then the reply would either be a happy emoticon smiley face or a sad one or excited or angry one that also fills up the entire screen for emphasis!
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
@lookatdesktop yep, before with just 160 characters, (including space)allowed in one text, that iw their reason, but not, gone 200% more, hope no more reason
smile lke :)
wink ;)
tongue out :p
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
1 Apr 16
I have never written shorthand except with typing "brb" (be right back) I hate it. I hate shorthand so much. If I want to deal with shorthand I will be a bloody court reporter. I use stupid emoticons like "XD" ":P" "^_^" things like that but even those are wearing off on me. I cannot stand shorthand and I refuse to use it. I barely even use contractions how do people expect me to use LOL? Haha!
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
Well, one day I think, since the world is closing into a distinctive world wide community of sorts with social media drawing the diverse masses into one single format of communication, the text messaging phenomenon will be more fundamental and yet I do admit I prefer long hand full sentences like the kinds in the encyclopedias.
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
1 Apr 16
@lookatdesktop They will ever catch me alive. Let us rebel and write our paragraphs with phonetics!
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
@DesirousDreamer , I have AADD so I agree with thee.
@Shavkat (139937)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
Well, if you are in my country. There are so many shortcuts in sending text messages such as WRU? (Where are you?), Thnx (Thanks), Wazz up? (What's up?), Howdy? (How are you?), etc. Sometimes I also laughed about it. Since the text messaging are becoming weirder and weirder. I hope for the young generations, they will not forget the spelling of words if doing this kind of text messaging.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
I can imagine the next best seller bought for the rights to make into a major motion picture named of all things:
CGYT meaning Cat Got Your Tongue. LOL
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
1 Apr 16
I say all sorts of rubbish my friend and sadly I must admit even here I do it as well shorten words..not really on here I think.
But yeah, I am not cool or hip.
But yeah, I am not cool or hip.2 people like this
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
You may be but not know it. That is a cool hippie. lol.
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
I think emoticons will become more developed to the point perhaps you will be able to at least learn sign language by them. Imagine a time traveler coming back to a New York subway station from the year 5000, only to see emoticons on the walls. They might think these a new form of ancient hieroglyphics like the types from ancient Egypt, over 3000 years ago.
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@Dextoi (1845)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
I'm not totally against it. It's a common thing in the Philippines though I don't really type a text message like that. Like for example, "Wer U?" would mean that the sender is asking where you are right now...
Now, I remember when I was in Qatar, whenever I ride a car lift a foreign driver would ask "Where You?" but it's not an sms, it's verbal. They just talk like that as English is not their first language.
They say it is a way to be able to send a message as soon as possible thinking that the recipient would get the message as soon as possible (too).
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@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
Here's one for you. GMAB which translates to Give me a break. as it's is usually said.
@lookatdesktop (27134)
• Dallas, Texas
1 Apr 16
So that means it is really catching on!
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@akalinus (43209)
• United States
1 Apr 16
I abbreviate like crazy when texting. I have small hands but my fingers just seem to be too big and I am always hitting the wrong key. The other night I texted my son and asked r u com ing home soon I don't know how to do the question mark or other punctuation or even capital letters on my phone as you have to use numbers/letter keys for everything. My grammar is becoming atrocious and I think English will die out in favor of text speak.
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