SMS (text messages)

How fast can you text? If you are not used to send text messages from your mobile-phone, like myself, probably you text as fast as a turtle. And you'd be impressed by the Irish people's texting skills.

For me, the mobile handset is just impossible to manage. Very often I loose some text before send it.

So, if you want to improve your text messaging, you have to learn some of the following established abbreviations used in all types of eletronic communications, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English:

AAMOF as a matter of fact
AFAIK as far as I know
AFK away from the keyboard
AND any day now
ATB all the best
B be
BAK back at the keyboard
BBL be back late(r)
BCNU be seeing you
BFN bye for now
B4 before
BRB be right back
BTW by the way
BWD backward
C see
CU see you
CUL8R see you later
F2F face to face
F2T free to talk
FWD forward
FWIW for what it's worth
FYI for your information
GAL get a life
GR8 great
HAND have a nice day
H8 hate
HSIK how should I know?
HTH hope this helps
IANAL I am not a lawyer, but (as a disclaimer)
IC I see
ILUVU I love you
IMHO in my humble opinion
IMO in my opinion
IOW in others words
JIC just in case
JK just kidding
KIT keep in touch
KWIM know what I mean?
L8 late
L8R later
LOL lots of luck/laughhing ot loud
MOB mobile
MSG message
MYOB mind your own business
NE any
NE1 anyone
NHOH never heard of him/her
NOYB none of your business
NO1 no one
OIC oh, I see
OTOH on the other hand
PCM please call me
PLS please
PPL people
R are
ROTF (L) rolling on the floor (laughing)
RU are you
SOW speaking of which
SIT stay in touch
SOM1 someone
SPK speak
TTYL talk to you later
TX thanks
U you
UOK? you okay?
UR you are
WAN2 want to
W/ with
WKND weekend
WU what's up?
X kiss
XCLT excellent
XOXOX hugs and kisses
YMMV your mileage may vary (i.e. your experience may differ)
YR your
2 to, too
2DAY today
2MORO tomorrow
2NITE tonight
3SUM threesome
4 for