2.2. Most common abbreviations in chats
In our work we will consider abbreviations in chat rooms that young people use
when communicating, or the so-called informal abbreviations. What do they prescribe?
What does TNX or THX mean?
"Thanks!" How often do we say this word. The usual Russian abbreviation is ATP.
And in English, thanks most often looks like tnx, thx, thanx. The words thank you are
also often written with the acronym TY. What do NP and YW mean? When we were
told “thank you”, then we need to answer “please”. You're welcome (yw) - short for
“always welcome” or “please”. No problem (np) is an abbreviation for the answer “not
at all”, or literally “no problem”. We also encountered many of these abbreviations
when chatting. [12]
After analysing messages in chats and forums, a list of which you can find in
Appendix №1, we have compiled our list of 100 most common abbreviations. Below
you can find the 20 most common ones. The rest can be found in Appendix №2.
№
Сокращение
Полная форма
Перевод
1
ATM
At The Moment
В данный момент
2
BBS
Be Back Soon
Скоро вернусь
3
BTW
By The Way
Кстати
4
CU
See You
Увидимся как-нибудь
5
G2G
Go To Go
Мне надо идти
6
IMHO
In My Humble Opinion
По моему скромному
мнению
7
LOL
Laughing Out Loud
Громкий смех
8
mom
Moment
Секундочку
9
n8
Night
Спокойной ночи
17
10
OMG
Oh My God!
Боже мой!
11
Sry
Sorry
Извини
12
TBH
To Be Honest
Честно говоря
13
THX
Thanks
Спасибо
14
U
You
Ты
15
w8
Wait
Подожди
16
WB
Welcome Back
С возвращением!
17
Y?
Why?
Почему?
18
143
I love you
Я тебя люблю
19
4U
For You
Для тебя
20
4YEO
For Your Eyes Only
Только для тебя
As a result of analysing many chats and forums, we noticed a tendency to shorten
many grammatical forms. For example, from the entire system of English tenses, in
general, only the tenses of the Simple group are used, even if it is grammatically
incorrect:
I
broke
it
today.
-
(I
have
broken
it
today)
I'm reading that boring book for a month. - (I have been reading that boring book for a
month)
The absence of a subject in an English sentence means the imperative mood, but
despite this, the subject is often skipped during Internet communication:
Hey Anna, good to see you, still remember me? – (Hey, Anna, it’s good to see you. Do
you
remember
me?)
Want to practice my Еnglish. - (I want to practise my English)
In interactive communication, function words that do not have their own lexical
meaning, such as auxiliary verbs in interrogative and negative sentences and articles, are
often omitted. In addition, the direct word order in interrogative sentences is often
preserved instead of the intended reverse.
18
U
mostly
guy
or
girl?
–
(Are
you
a
boy
or
a
girl?)
What
you
want
from
me?
– (What do you want from me?)
Anyone wants to chat? – (Does anyone want to chat?) [10]
We can find abbreviations not only when communicating on the Internet, but also
in textbooks, dictionaries, reference books. There are countless informal acronyms
nowadays, used mostly by young people, on the web. When analysing various chats and
forums, we found a tendency to shorten many grammatical forms (using only the
Simple tense, the absence of a subject in the agenda, omission of official words).
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