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21st Century Shorthand: Top Texting Acnronyms You Need to Know

Are you embracing your inner texter?

Texting Is Life

Texting isn't just for your teenage son or daughter anymore. As twenty-somethings enter the real estate market as buyers, it's more important than ever to "speak your buyer's language".

You probably know LOL (Laughing Out Loud), ROTFLMAO (Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A*s Off), and other very common text abbreviations. But how proficient are you in speaking "text" to a client who really uses it every day? Here are some hints to help you become (or just look like) a texter:

BC.....Because

BTW.....By The Way

CU.....See You

EOD.....End of Day

NRN.....No Reply Necessary

OTP.....On The Phone

QQ.....Quick Question

THX.....Thanks

YW.....You're Welcome

86.....Over (Ended)

ADDY.....Address

F2F....Face To Face

GMTA.....Great Minds Think Alike

IMO.....In My Opinion

IMHO.....In My Humble Opinion

OIC.....Oh, I See

L8.....Late

NP.....No Problem

J/W.....Just Wondering

So there you have it! A short list of common abbreviations used by those who text!

Posted By: Christianne Gordon - Northern Nevada Real Estate Agent - Realtor
with RE/MAX Realty Affiliates, specializing in Carson Valley Real Estate and Northern Nevada Real Estate.

Posted by Christianne Gordon, REALTOR®, e-PRO CDPE Carson Valley Real Estate Specialist on 04/29/2009 05:55 PM

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14 Comments on 21st Century Shorthand: Top Texting Acnronyms You Need to Know

APR

THX Have a Gr8 Day I pln 2!

U R So Awesome! Thx for the FB!

I have a really hard time with the texting language. I've got this inner grammarian that requires things to be written out with capital letters at the beginning of each sentence (watch me spell a bunch of words wrong in this comment). I end up chopping out words so that I can get everything in the 160 character limit...I'm working on getting over it. :)

Thx 4 the lst.

List like this make me think in years to come we will not spell words out just key stroke a sound

Tristan - My grandmother was an English teacher. I have a hard time too but it's something I've learned to be relevant to today's younger buyers. (Don't get me started on 'close proximity' and 'winningest' and other English language travesties!)

Pat - NP, MP (No problem, My Pleasure)!

Eric - You may be right, but I'd rather be able to communicate with the future real estate buyers and sellers (and investors) than be critical of a communication style. I will still read books and remember 'the way it used to be'...

IMHO long notes R 86, BC we're ALWS L8.

NP, but J/W how many of U can RD teenage daughters' TXTS?

Now I can!

EOD, NRN, THX much!!!

LMAO

I got one today on Facebook that I can't figure out - tmth. Can somebody please enlighten me? Thnx!

Janna - I do believe TMTH means Too Much To Handle.

Christianne - Thanks for the list for I can use the education.

lol... just what I need to keep communicating with the kids.

I am happy to say I actually know and use a couple of the ones you have listed! Go figure! My kids, who do not have phones, tell me I text incredibly slow. I am just wondering why ot how, if they do not have cel phones, know I text slow!!! J/W.

MAY

Thanks for the list; there were some new for me. I always wonder on twitter what some of the abreveations are. Now I may be better.

AUG

hey tht was gr8 info see ya l8r

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