MED Magazine - Issue 45 - June 2007
British and American culture
Email and text messages
Last in a series of articles on British
and American culture.
In the final article of this series well take a
look at some useful vocabulary used in email correspondence and text messaging.
Here is a short list of vocabulary often used in email:
an attachment
a backup
a browser
a chat room
to click on
to cut and paste
to delete
to double-click
to download
an e-mail
an e-mail address
to e-mail someone
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
a file
a folder
to highlight
home
a homepage
instant messaging
a link
to save a file
snail mail
spam
to surf the net
a website
In English, an email address such as Laura.Sanz@freemail.sp
is read:
Laura dot Sanz at (followed by the rest
of the address).
Have you got Internet access at home?
Have you got broadband?
Whats your email address?
Is there an Internet cafe in the area?
You can find that on the Web.
We have created a chat room.
You can download it from
Just send me an e-mail.
We e-mail each other daily.
2 |
to, too |
2DAY |
today |
2NITE |
tonight |
2U |
to you |
4 |
for |
aml |
all my love |
ASAP |
as soon as possible |
B |
be |
COZ |
because |
CU |
see you |
FYI |
for your information |
GR8 |
great |
GTG |
got to go |
H8 |
hate |
L8R |
later |
LV |
love |
M8 |
mate |
MSG |
message |
NE1 |
anyone |
NJOY |
enjoy |
NO1 |
no one |
NP |
no problem |
PLS |
please |
PPL |
people |
R |
are |
RU |
are you |
RUOK |
are you OK |
THX |
thanks |
TXT |
text |
U |
you |
V |
very |
WAN2 |
want to |
XLNT |
excellent |
WKND |
weekend |
Y |
why |
YR |
your |
Have you got a mobile?
Whats your mobile (phone) number?
Please switch off your mobile phones.
My phone needs charging.
You get a better signal in the corridor I think.
Ill send you a text.
I have a missed call from home.
Have you checked your phone?
How do I download that ringtone?
Ive got my phone on vibrate.
A Spanish language version of the text above is available
in the 'Guía Cultural' section of Macmillan
Diccionario Pocket, a bilingual English-Spanish/Spanish-English
dictionary. Spanish text written
by Paz Blanco Castro
Translated into English by Sinda Lopez
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