2007-06-06 06:51:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
It's lazy writing; seldom spoken at all. Shorthand is capable of writing any word or phrase, while this IM language is simply because many people do IM on their cell phone, which does not have a complete keyboard. It's tiresome to pick out the letters, so a system of abbreviations were developed. Sort of like IBM instead of International Business Machines.
Also, it gets around certain censorship issues, like RTFM did in the early days of computer program. It means "read the . . . manual."
2007-06-07 02:38:33 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL - laugh out loud
BTW- by the way
TTYL- Talk to you later
BRB- be right back
C YA- see you later
these are just shorthand or internet language acronyms.
2007-06-06 21:03:38 · answer #2 · answered by angbhi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whatever is fine by me. By the way I want to see your real body, the beer gut fat dancing American meat.
2007-06-06 13:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it never left.
2007-06-06 13:57:38 · answer #4 · answered by interpreters_are_hot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shortspeak ! lol
2007-06-06 18:29:53 · answer #5 · answered by Wendy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋