SMS English

Not only foreigners, but also native speakers have their problems with the English language. Quite often, teachers despair when reading their pupils texts. Most mistakes are made when words are pronounced the same, e.g. their/there, its/its etc. When worse comes to worse, some students simply shorten their texts to SMS. This is what a 12year-old Schottish girl in her 7th year did in her composition about her last holiday. How good is your SMS English? Try to read the text below. Move the mouse pointer over the to see the answers. My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :-@ kds FTF. ILNY, its gr8. Bt my Ps wr so {:-/ BC o 9/11 tht they dcdd 2 stay in SCO & spnd 2wks up N. Up N, WUCIWUG - 0. I ws vvv brd in MON. 0 bt baas & ^^^^^. AAR8, my Ps wr :-) - they sd ICBW, & tht they wr ha-p 4 the pc&qt... IDTS!! I wntd 2 go hm ASAP, 2C my M8s again. 2day, I cam bk 2 skool. I feel v O:-) BC I hv dn all my hm wrk. Now its BAU ... Would you like to send an SMS in English? Here is a list with useful characters and their meanings: & - and 0 - nothing 2 - two, to, too 2DAY - today A - a / an B - be B4 - before BC - because BF - boyfriend BK - back BRO - brother BT - but C - see D8 - date DNR - dinner sign

EZ - easy F8 - fate GF - girlfriend GR8 - great HOLS - holidays HV - have I - I, it Its - it is KDS - kids L8 - late L8R - later M8 - mate NE1 - anyone PLS - please PS - parents QT - cutie R - are SIS - sister SKOOL - school SMMR - summer U - you WR - were A3 - anyplace, anytime, anywhere ASAP - as soon as possible B4N - Bye for now BAU - business as usual BRB - I'll be right back. BTW - by the way CUL - see you later CWOT - complete waste of time FTF - face to face FYI - for your information GMTA - great minds think alike HAND - have a nice day HRU - how are you ICBW - it could be worse IDTS - I don't think so IMHO - in my humble opinion IYKWIM - if you know what I mean JK - just kidding

KOTC - kiss on the cheek LOL - laughing out loud LSKOL - long slow kiss on the lips LTNS - long time no see Luv U - I love you. Luv U2 - I love you too. MON - the middle of nowhere MTE - my thoughts exactly MU - I miss you. MUSM - I miss you so much. NP - no problem OIC - oh, I see PC&QT - peace and quiet PCM - please call me ROTFL - rolling on the floor laughing RUOK - are you ok? THNQ - thank you U4E - you forever UROK - you are okay WUCIWUG - what you see is what you get WYSIWYG - what you see is what you get XLNT - exellent :-) smiling :-* kiss :-)) very happy :-0 shocked :") blushing :-| :-| deja vu (_x_) kiss my arse/butt <:3 )~ mouse :@) pig :-) tears of laughter :-P stick tongue out :-(*) you make me sick x-( you are mad :-" whistling ;-) wink :-@ screaming O:-) saintly