SMS Communication
If you have a mobile phone, you'll certainly use text messages called SMS to send or receive messages. Do you know what SMS stands for? Short Messaging Service.
To create and modify an SMS message you have to use the message editor of your mobile phone: once edited, your message can be sent, stored or deleted.
Acronyms, emoticons and abbreviations are widely used in editing SMS messages, because they let you save on typing time.
An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of other words, for example:
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| USA | United States of America |
| BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display, a monitor using liquid crystal technology |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| UNO | United Nations Organization. |
An emoticon is a word composed of two words: "emotions" and "icons", that's to say "icons expressing emotions", a way of adding emotion to your text messages.
Here are 3 basic emoticons:
| :-) | "smile" |
| :-)) | "very happy" |
| :-( | "sad". |
Here are some examples of abbreviations used in SMS messages:
| RU OK? |
Are you OK? |
| Y NY? |
Yes and you? |
| OK CU2DAY? |
OK. See you today? |
| NO 2MORO WER? |
No. Tomorrow. Where? |
| @J'S. CUL8TR |
At John's. See you later. |
| LUV B | Love Bob |
| OK. B4N | OK. Bye for now. |