Tuesday, November 27, 2007

English Acronyms Used in Online Messages

Thanks to Mr. T. for pointing out Chat Acronyms Used in E-mail, IM, and Text Messaging. He shared the URL for the Chat Acronyms website in a recent comment on English Weekend Planning in Tomeiter's Garden.

Though I recommend that you, as learners of English, avoid use of such acronyms--especially for writing course work; I feel that it is important for you to understand them, or at least to know where to go to find out what they mean. You should also keep in mind that, in different contexts, the same acronyms can stand for different things.

For example, IM could stand for instructional materials, but means something else entirely different in the title of the website that Mr. T. has pointed out. If you don't know what it means there, I suggest that you look it up on that site.

While you're in Tomeiter's Garden, I also suggest that you check out the Bianca Ryan video! Last, but not least, if you know of other good glossaries of acronyms; please share links to them in comments on this post.
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