BTW I’D LOVE A CUPPA CHA
“I’d love a cuppa cha” Irish slang also used by us brits, I’ve used it many a time, meaning I would love a cup of tea, not only do we have slang in written and spoken English but internet language too. It can be useful knowing at least some of the different forms as to keep up with the Jones’s..
Electronic text communication takes a number of different forms, chiefly email, posting to online chat rooms and newsgroups, and SMS (Short Messaging Service) messages between mobile phones.
The vocabulary, syntax, and style of electronic text communication is much more fluid than that found in formal writing, and may also be highly personalized. Electronic communication is typically very informal in nature and characterized by many features more often found in conversational speech.
Abbreviations
Some of the more established abbreviations used in all types of electronic communication are listed below:
| @ | at | MOB | mobile |
| AFAIK | as far as I know | MSG | message |
| AFK | away from the keyboard | MYOB | mind your own business |
| ASL | age, sex, location | NE1 | anyone |
| ATB | all the best | NOYB | none of your business |
| B | be | NO1 | no one |
| BAK | back at the keyboard | OTOH | on the other hand |
| BBL | be back late(r) | OIC | oh I see |
| BCNU | be seeing you | PCM | please call me |
| BFN | bye for now | PLS | please |
| B4 | before | PPL | people |
| BRB | be right back | R | are |
| BTW | by the way | ROTF(L) | rolling on the floor (laughing) |
| C | see | RUOK | are you okay? |
| CUL8R | see you later | SIT | stay in touch |
| F2F | face to face | SOM1 | someone |
| F2T | free to talk | SPK | speak |
| FWIW | for what it”s worth | TTYL | talk to you later |
| FYI | for your information | TX | thanks |
| GAL | get a life | U | you |
| GR8 | great | WAN2 | want to |
| HAND | have a nice day | W/ | with |
| H8 | hate | WKND | weekend |
| HSIK | how should I know? | WU | what’s up? |
| HTH | hope this helps | X | kiss |
| IANAL | I am not a lawyer, but – (as a disclaimer) | XLNT | excellent |
| IMHO | in my humble opinion | XOXOX | hugs and kisses |
| IMO | in my opinion | YMMV | your mileage may vary (i.e. your experience may differ) |
| IOW | in other words | YR | your |
| JIC | just in case | 2 | to, too |
| JK | just kidding | 2DAY | today |
| KIT | keep in touch | 2MORO | tomorrow |
| KWIM | know what I mean | 2NITE | tonight |
| L8R | later | 3SUM | threesome |
| LOL | lots of luck / laughing out loud | 4 | for |
Source www.askoxford.com
RTFM is missing
Thanks bigK, perhaps you’d like to tell us all what it means?
Really a good list of recently developed expressions for spoken English which are also useful to keep the flow of writing intact as they shows the element of speaking English in writing forms.
http://thatlovedflower.blogspo.....aries.html
A useful list – although I think you’ll find that the term a cup of char originates from British Soldiers based in England taking the term from Chai.
Hello John, thanks for passing by. I will not argue the origins of a cuppa cha/char as I happened to find it in an Irish slang dictionary, but your definition sounds quite convincing, thanks Aniya
@theenglishteacher sure, it’s an expression commonly used by helpdesk people “Read The F*word* Manual”