Acronyms. Text Messaging, Chat Abbreviations & Smiley Faces - Webopedi. Updated November 16, 2016 / Posted March 01, 2004 By Vangie Beal This chat guide lists more than 1,460 text message and online chat abbreviations to help you translate today's texting lingo. With the popularity and rise in use of online text-based communications came the emergence of a new texting language, tailored to the immediacy and compactness of these new communication media. Today, text and chat abbreviations are used in Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging, email, Internet and online gaming services, chat rooms, discussion boards and mobile phone text messaging (SMS).
While it does seem incredible that there are thousands of text abbreviations, keep in mind that different chat abbreviations are used by different groups of people. For example, online gamers are likely to use text abbreviations not used by a financial blogger. Top 10 Text Abbreviations According to search query data the following 10 text abbreviations are the most requested chat definitions: What does rofl mean? Transl8it: Online SMS Lingo Converter.
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If you fall into any of those camps, here are five totally Web-based, totally free online instant messaging services that you might want to check out. Meebo Meebo is the most popular of the Web IM choices, and with good reason. Meebo also offers group chat, a great mobile version (for iPhones and the like), and even access in your Firefox sidebar. Whether you use it on the site or embed it on your own website, Meebo’s a terrific IM client. How To Send Email To Any Cell Phone (for Free) | MakeUseOf.com. Want to send a short email to a friend and get it delivered to his/her cell phone as SMS? If you know your friends’ phone numbers and the carrier they are on then you can easily send emails to their cell phones directly from your email program.
Here is how it works: Most of mobile carriers offer free Email To SMS gateways which can be used to forward simple text emails to a mobile phones. And the good news, majority of those gateways are free and available to the general public. You just need to know the number and the carrier of the recipient to start emailing them to mobile phone. Free Email To SMS Gateways (Major US Carriers) Free Email To SMS Gateways (International + Smaller US) These are all I could find from Wikipedia and other sources.
If you can’t find a gatewayd for your current provider here, check out following links: If you are aware of any other free sms to email gateways please add it in comments. Faceoff: Battle of the Free Visual Voicemail and Transcription S. I have been using Youmail for a couple of months and like the caller ID and the voicemail attachment to email. BUT, I have never gotten a translation that was anything close to the translation shown above. It has been rare to get even a useful tidbit out of the translation. I guess one benefit are the laughs I have gotten out of some of the translations: "It's Rebecca calling" -> "It's Iraq" Here is my sample from the other day — Hello Andy this his record your was your fire electric ah synching email yesterday.
Um giving you a call with regards to um that specific email and also the chips that's in pricing. The attached recording was much more useful. I'm not sure how Jott can translate so well and then this?