Punctuation marks are also quite easy to keep straight: exclamation points for Is or Ls, dollar signs for Ss, hash marks for Hs. Here are some tips to remember: numbers used as letters is fairly simple to keep straight the number 1 can be used as "I"s or "L"s, 3 as an "E", 4 as an "A", 7 as a "T", and 0 as the letter "O" (which is kind of obvious). I understand how difficult that typing style is to read (and personally I don’t understand why kids take the time to type like that). You know what I mean, using numbers and punctuation in place of letters. Let’s say you’ve got one of those nieces or nephews who gets super creative with their texts.
The most common abbreviations that kids use include LOL (for laughing out loud), OMG (for oh my gosh, goodness etc), TTYL (for talk to you later), IDK (for I don’t know) and BTW (for by the way). Here are some basics that you might see in a typical text from a teen or tween. Luckily for my family, I am a stickler when it comes to proper usage of the English language so they never have to worry about deciphering different acronyms or chopped up spelling in their texts from me.
Sending a few texts every other day is how they’ve managed to keep tabs on my grades and social life. Gone are the days of the scheduled phone call. As a nephew in a very close-knit family I know how important it is for my aunts (and uncles, of course) to keep in touch with me while I’m away at school.
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