1. English SMS Language
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2. Why we need abbreviations?
Abbreviations both in Russian and in English need to simplify it. In an official letter abbreviations should not be. You need to write in full form. But things are different in chat.

3. In both languages
Lots of Russian words come from foreign languages. In Russian slang most of the words come directly from English. These established reductions we say every day several times. There is some of them…

4. Daily abbreviations u = you ur = your r = are b = be n = and y = why
k = ok
cu = cya = see you
thx (thnx) = thanks
pls (plz) = please
gimme = give me

5. Abbreviations using numbers
any1 = anyone
gr8 = great
4u = for you
u2 = you too
some1 – someone
be4 – before
2day – today
w8 – wait
2u – to you

6. Popular abbreviations
rofl = rolling on the floor laughing
asap = as soon as possible
tc = take care
omg = oh my god
hru = how are you
bbl = be back later
lol = laughing out loud
btw = by the way

7. Abbreviations in real life
We use abbreviations not only in slang, but in real language too. There are some examples…

8. Week words Sun/Su – Sunday Mon/Mo – Monday Tues/Tue/Tu – Tuesday
Wed/We – Wednesday
Thurs/Thu/Th – Thursday
Fri/Fr – Friday
Sat/Sa – Saturday

9. P.S.
The most popular abbreviation is P.S., which is derived from the Latin word — post scriptum (translates to "written after"). P.S. usually contains important information, which the sender wants to highlight or forgot to include in the text of the letter.

10. Am or pm
These two abbreviations are used to indicate time: AM (from the Latin expression ante meridiem – before noon; so is the time with a.m. and before noon) and PM (Latin post meridiem, or after noon; is the time from the afternoon to midnight).

11. A.D./B.C.E.
A. D. (from the Latin Anno Domini, which means our era, the beginning of the Christian calculation from the birth of Christ), in the Russian language we use the same abbreviation B. C. (Before Christ), B. C. E. or century B. C. E. Its name in English – century Before Christian Era.