O exercício a seguir foi retirado do livro "Internet and Teen Language" da Cíntia Cavalcanti da Costa.
Abaixo algumas conversas e frases abreviadas para vocês tentarem "decifrar". Have fun!
Chatting and SMS (Short Message Text) in English
Inviting to a party
“sup”
“same”
“wut r u doin 2night?”
“nzm”
“party”
“cool wh”
“here”
“12?”
“b4”
“thks cyl”
“np”
Telling you miss a person
“miss u”
“ya ltns!”
“l dinner st”
“wh”
“fri”
“lol”
“lmk”
“wkend”
“k, call ya”
Some sentences used in SMS
“ y cnt I see u right nw?”
“movies at 8?”
“sw. I m ya”
“cant wait to c ya”
“need ya so much”
“luv ya 4ever”
“np, c u l8r”
| 2day | Today |
| 2morrow | Tomorrow |
| 4ever | Forever |
| l8r | Later |
| B4 | Before |
| bzy | Busy |
| cnt | Can’t |
| C ya | See you |
| fri | Friday |
| gnite | Goodnight |
| gok | God only knows |
| hopin | Hoping |
| Ias | I’m sorry |
| I k | I know |
| Jw | Just wondering |
| K | Ok |
| Kwy | I know you |
| Kotl | Kisses on the lips |
| L | Let’s |
| lmk | Let me know |
| lol | Laughing out loud |
| ly | Love you |
| ltns | Long time no see |
| ne | Anyway |
| np | No problems |
| nw | Now |
| nzm | Nothing much |
| S abt | Sorry about |
| sd | Sweet dreams |
| sup | So, what’s up? |
| u | You |
| teotd | The end of the day |
| thks | Thanks |
| wkend | Weekend |
| wh | Where/ when |
| y | Why |
| ya | Yeah / yes / you |
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