If today’s title doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, you’re likely over the age of 35 and are accustomed to writing and speaking in grammatically correct sentences.

If you want to find out what it means go ask your teenagers, that is if you can pry them away from their cell phone long enough to answer your questions.

It seems every generation has their own unique way of communicating. Email is still my favourite, while my nieces and nephews hang out on MSM Instant Messenger. Good luck getting them to talk on the phone; we have longer text messages than we do face-to-face conversations.

Learning how to text message can save time and money. Texting is much cheaper than chatting, especially if you’re calling long distance from the cabin. Cell phones are equipped with SMS - short message service. Instead of hitting the dial key, I hit the SMS key and enter my text message, hit send, and voila, my message is sent. I don’t need to know a person’s email address, I just need to know their cell phone number. I find it more reliable than email, because most people carry their cell phones with them.

Texting does come with it’s own language. Learn it and you will be able to talk to your children, and you’ll also know what they’re up to.

For example:

P911 - parents around, change the subject KPC - keep parents clueless MOS - Mom over shoulder

420 and LGH - let’s get high B/F - boyfriend SPN - Spend the night

I have found some that I think would be useful for the cottage:

FUBAR - fouled up beyond repair FYA - for your amusement G2G - gotta go

GGP - gotta go pee GTSY - great to see you IOH - I’m out of here NAC -not a clue

LTNS -long time no see AYV - are you vertical?
and my personal favourite reserved for my DH - dear hubby BYKT - but you knew that

If you want more abbreviations, here are a couple of website you can check out: Techdictionary.com, and Webopedia, which also has icons if you want to get really creative with your messages.

If you have any of your own you want to share, please leave a comment. It would be really GR8 to come up with a list just for cottagers.

CUL8R,

Julie

PS - this one is for Running Car - IKYABWAI

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