AEE 308: Use These English Acronyms At Your Own Risk

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2015

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Get our FREE IELTS VIDEO TRAINING English acronyms are fun and easy when it comes text messaging and emailing but you need to know what impression you give the person when you use them! Today we’ll show you some common English acronyms and what impression they create. We’ll also give you some alternatives. Here are some common acronyms in English when we send text messages: LOL (“Laughing out loud”)- A lot of people get annoyed by this one. This could be used in a text message. A good alternative is “haha” TTYL (“Talk to you later”)- This one also sounds really young. A more mature alternative is “talk soon” or “talk to you soon” or actually writing out “talk to you later” SMH (“Shaking My Head”)- This is a newer acronym. You can use this when you disapprove of something that someone has done. OMG: (“Oh my gosh”)- This can also be annoying. Other options are: “Oh wow” or “I can’t believe it.” Which acronyms have you used? Let us know in the comments below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an All-Eirs English podcast episode 308. Use these acronyms at your own risk.
0:07.0	Welcome to the All-Eirs English podcast downloaded more than 7 million times,
0:14.6	we believe in connection not perfection
0:17.9	with your American hosts, Lindsay McMahon,
0:21.0	the English adventurer, and Michelle Kaplan, the New York Radio Girl, coming to you
0:27.0	from Boston and New York City, USA. When it comes to sending text messages in English you have an option to use
0:37.8	abbreviations but how do they make you appear to the person you're texting?
0:42.2	Today you'll find out about six acronyms in English.
0:47.0	Hey there Michelle, what's going on? Hey Lindsay, not too much. Hey,
0:53.3	Lindsay, not too much. How are you?
0:55.8	I'm feeling good, and today I want to talk about texting.
1:00.1	Oh, yeah, that's a good topic.
1:03.0	I know.
1:04.0	Do you do you do a lot of text messaging to your friends and your family?
1:08.0	I do. I do do a lot of text messaging.
1:11.0	I mean, I don't know, for me, it sometimes I think I do more
1:16.0	texting than actual calling on the phone. What about you?
1:18.6	Well, I don't know. Yeah, that's a tendency that I have to nowadays sometimes I want to be more
1:24.7	indirect so I'll send a text message instead of calling I still think calling is the best
1:29.2	policy though I mean call me old-fashioned but I still think it's best to call if you have something
1:35.0	important to say. Yeah well I agree with you I mean definitely it's easier to
1:40.0	understand somebody on the phone because I think it's because of like your
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