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By Kenneth Beare, About.com Guide to ESL since 1997

Texting

Monday January 21, 2008
It's the new language going round the Earth - Texting. What is it? Well, it's those acronyms such as 'URT1' (Translation: You are the one) which young people (and some old) are using when sending SMS messages, speaking in chat rooms or sending e-mail. Here is a resource for English learners that provides a definition and an explanation in simple English.
Numbers, A B, C D, E F, G H,
I J, K L, M N O, P Q R, S T, U V W, X Y Z

Comments

July 30, 2006 at 5:15 pm
(1) dymon says:

can you tel me what is it the makes texting a habbit

December 29, 2006 at 4:54 pm
(2) 2old2txt says:

txtng bcomes habbt aftr 4 wks…
ru n addick?

January 5, 2007 at 1:37 am
(3) Marconi says:

http://a1r.mobi/me has a texting dictionary that is .mobi compliant for all mobile phones. Also ideal for teens, since the site offers live chat, topical forums, RSS feeds on teen news and more. Bookmark it.

January 29, 2008 at 2:38 pm
(4) brahim elouafi says:

texting is but a yield of two major factors: first,speed of message delivery;second is the urgent need to defy “cumbersome” grammar rules.

January 30, 2008 at 9:17 am
(5) christiane couret says:

Hi how can I deregister please? Thanks

January 30, 2008 at 11:13 am
(6) esl says:

If you’d like to unsubscribe from a newsletter, please click on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter.

February 5, 2008 at 2:57 pm
(7) randi says:

i so agree cuz i love texting its my life
ps i love chad

February 13, 2008 at 7:45 am
(8) Rose Ann says:

duh!!maka ADK!!

March 30, 2008 at 2:53 pm
(9) bob john says:

TEXTING WONT HURT THE STUDENTS ABILITY TO TEXT CUZ THEY ALWAYS WILL AND IF THEY KEEP THERE TEXTING WORDS DIFFERENT FROM THE WORDS THEY USE IN ENGLISH THEY SHOULD BE FOINE SO STOP WORRING PARENTS

June 20, 2008 at 10:48 am
(10) waterbabyy says:

TEXTING WONT HURT THE STUDENTS ABILITY TO TEXT CUZ THEY ALWAYS WILL AND IF THEY KEEP THERE TEXTING WORDS DIFFERENT FROM THE WORDS THEY USE IN ENGLISH THEY SHOULD BE FOINE SO STOP WORRING PARENTS

if you took the time to spell correctly, people would believe you. you dont exactly put up a good argument.

September 4, 2008 at 9:18 am
(11) maddie says:

i have 2 admit that im addicted to texting. its a really good way to talk to your friends fast. like if u only have a few things to say dont waste ur time calling people when u can just text.

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