The Art of Signs

By: Midhun K Menon - [entertainment]
Here's just one article which the hardcore texters and text
machines would like to read. SMS aka Short Messaging
Service is now one of the common ways of communicating
using mobile phones. With just 160 characters per message,
and message not being free makes it hard for the end users
to make it so very easy economic. With the usage of proper
signs, you can shorten much of the text, and thereby get
your message under character limits. I hope this would be
useful to atleast quite a bunch.

2 - to/too
2day - today
2moro - tomorrow
2nite - tonight
any1 - anyone
b4 - before
bcoz - because
bf - boyfriend
cul8r - see you later
ez - easy
f2f - face to face
f2t - free to talk
gf- girlfriend
gr8 - great
h8 - hate
hand - have a nice day
hot4u - hot for you
ic - I see
ilqu - i like you
ilu - i love you
im2gud4u - i am too gud for you
j4f - just for fun
kiss - keep it simple stupid
m8 - mate
lol - laughing out loud
luv - love
o4u - only for you
oic - oh i see
plz - please
ppl - people
ruok? - are you okay?
t+ - think positive
thnx - thanks
u2 - you too
w/o - without
wan2spk - Want to speak
wknd - weekend
xclnt! - excellent!
:-) - smiley
:-( - sad
;-) - winking
:-o - wow
o-:) - an angel
:-0zz - bored
:-D - laughing
-:-) - punk
:-II - angry
:-~) - having a cold
:-* - kiss
:-\ - skeptical
:-() - shocked
:-(o) - shouting
-I - Sleeping
-O - snoring
@}--\- - a rose
:-0 - appalled
: ) - a broken nose
:-(less than sign) - cheated
:-P - sticking tongue out
B-) - sunglasses
:'-( - crying
:-I - determined
:-(less than)(greater than) - surprised
(greater than):-( - very angry
8:-) - cool
%-} - intoxicated
=I:-)= - uncle sam
}:(less than) - little devil
()'''''() - where are you?
('(o)'
() ()
((o)') - there you are!

Happy SMS'ing!

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Midhun K Menon. http://www.googul.net

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