英子の暮らすニュージーランドでも、携帯電話によるテキストメッセージの送信(TXT Messaging)が、若い人たちの間を中心に大流行しています。160文字までは20セントで送信出来たりと、料金も手頃なので、携帯電話を利用する際に、直接会話をするのではなく、テキストメッセージでやりとりをする人たちが増えています。
日本でも、携帯メールで入力時間を短縮する為に、特別な略語が使われていると聞いたことがありますが、英語での携帯メッセージでも同様に、省略形が使われています。
この英語の省略形、海外の人たちとやりとりをする時に、知っていると便利だったり、日本語のメッセージの中で利用してみても良いのではないかと、携帯電話やコンピューターのテキストメッセージで利用されている英略語の一覧表を作ってみました。
英語圏の中でも、国や地方によって使われている省略形が違っていたり、特定グループの中で流行りの略語があったりもするようです。実際に使用する場合には、送る側も、受け取る側も、正しい意味を理解していること(同じ意味で使っていること)を事前に確認した方がいいかも知れませんね。
注…下記の英略語を参照される場合は、同じ省略形が下記とは違う意味で使われていることがあったり、友達同士など、親しい間柄でのみで使われているものや、ジョークとして使われている単語も含まれていることに注意して下さい。
| 英単語又は、英文の原型 | 省略形 |
|---|---|
| All the best | ATB |
| Any | NE |
| Any day now | ADN |
| Anyone | NE1 |
| Anything | NITING |
| Are | R |
| Are you coming? | RU CMNG |
| Are you okay? | RUOK? |
| As far as I know | AFAIK |
| As far as I recall | AFAIR |
| As it should be | AISB |
| As soon as possible | ASAP |
| At the moment | ATM |
| Be | B |
| Be home late | BHL8 |
| Be seeing you | BCNY |
| Because | BC |
| Been there, done that | BTDT |
| Before | B4 |
| Believe it or not | BION |
| Best of luck | BOL |
| Big grin | BG |
| Big kiss | BK |
| Biting my lip | BML |
| Boss is listening | BIL |
| Boyfriend | BF |
| Brothers | BROS |
| Bursting with laughter | BWL |
| Busy | BY |
| By the way | BTW |
| Bye bye now | BBN |
| Bye for now | B4N |
| Bye-bye | BB |
| Call back | CB |
| Call me | CMI |
| Call you back later | CUB L8R |
| Call you later | CUL |
| Call your boss | CYR BOS |
| Call your brother | CYR BRO |
| Call your father | CYR PA |
| Call your husband | CYR H |
| Call your mother | CYR MA |
| Call your office | CYR OFIS |
| Call your sister | CYR SIS |
| Call your wife | CYR WF |
| Chat with you later | CWYL |
| Come on | CMON |
| Confused | %-) |
| Correct me if I'm wrong | CMIIW |
| Crying | :'( |
| Cutie | QT |
| Date | D8 |
| Dinner | DNR |
| Does | DUZ |
| Doesn't | DUZNT |
| Doing | DON |
| Don't be late | DNT B L8 |
| Don't even go there | DEGT |
| Don't think so | DTS |
| Easy | EZ |
| Excellent | XLNT |
| Extra | XTRA |
| Fell off chair laughing | FOCL |
| Fell out of my chair laughing | FOMCL |
| For | 4 |
| For what it's worth | FWIW |
| For your information | FYI |
| Foreign | 4N |
| Forget | 4GET |
| Free to talk | F2T |
| Freedom | 3DOM |
| Girlfried | GF |
| Give it a rest | GIAR |
| Go ahead | GA |
| Go for it | GFI |
| Good luck | GUDLUK |
| Goodbye | GB |
| Got to go | G2G |
| Gotta go | GG |
| Great | GR8 |
| Great minds think alike | GMTA |
| Hanging head in shame | HHIS |
| Happy/smiley | :-) |
| Have a good night | HAGN |
| Have you heard? | HUH |
| How are you | HRU |
| How can I ever repay you | HCIERY |
| How to | H2 |
| I couldn't care less | ICCL |
| I don't know | IDK |
| I don't think so | IDTS |
| I know | IK |
| I love you | ILU (or ILY) |
| I rest my case | IRMC |
| I see | IC |
| I think you'll find I'm right | ITYFIR |
| If you know what I mean | IYKWIM |
| If You Say So | IUSS |
| If You Say So | IYSS |
| I'm back | IB |
| In any case | IAC |
| In meeting | IMTNG |
| In my humble opinion | IMHO |
| In your opinion | IYO |
| Informal | IN4ML |
| It could be worse | ICBW |
| It is you | ITSU |
| It's worse | IW |
| Just a sec | JAS |
| Just kidding | JK |
| Just thought you might like to know | JTUMLTK |
| Keep it simple, stupid | KISS |
| Keep up the good work | KUTGW |
| Landing | L&N |
| Late | L8 |
| Later | L8R |
| Laughing out loud | LOL |
| Laughing so hard it hurts | LSHIH |
| Laughing so hard my sides hurt | LSHMSH |
| Laughing to myself | LTMS |
| Laughing to self | LTS |
| Let me know | LMK |
| Long time no see | LTNS |
| Love | LUV |
| Lying | LYN |
| Lying on the floor laughing out loud | LOFLOL |
| Mate | M8 |
| Matter of fact | MOF |
| Never say die | NSD |
| No one | NO1 |
| No problem | NP |
| No response necessary | NRN |
| No way | NW |
| Not a good idea | NAGI |
| Off the top of my head | OTTOMH |
| Oh I see | OIC |
| Oh my god | OMG |
| Oh no, not again! | ONNA |
| Okay | OK |
| On the other hand | OTOH |
| One of these days | OOTD |
| Only laughing a little | OLL |
| Out of character | OOC |
| Over and out | OO |
| Over the top | OTT |
| People | PPL |
| Planned | PL |
| Please | PLS |
| Please | PLZ |
| Please call me | PCM |
| Please call me | PCME |
| Please explain that | PXT |
| Please forgive me | PLZ 4GV ME |
| Put on a happy face | POAHF |
| Real life | RL |
| Red alert | RA |
| Regarding | RE |
| Regards | RGDS |
| Rolling my eyes | RME |
| Rolling on floor unable to speak | ROFUTS |
| Rolling on the floor laughing out loud | ROFLOL |
| Rolling on the ground laughing out loud | ROGLOL |
| Running around screaming | RAS |
| Running late | RINGL8 |
| Sad | :-( |
| Same place same time | SPST |
| Sealed with a kiss | SWAK |
| See ya! | CYA |
| See you | CU |
| See you in the morning | SUITM |
| See you in the morning | SYITM |
| See you later | CUL |
| See you later | SUL |
| See you later | SYL |
| See you soon | SUS |
| See/Sea | C |
| Shopping | SHOPN |
| Short of time | SOT |
| Short of time must go | SOTMG |
| Simply out of luck | SOL |
| Sometime before I die | STBID |
| Sorry | SRY |
| Speak | SPK |
| State of insanity | SOI |
| SUPERCAlifragilisticexpealidocious | SUPERCA |
| Surprised/shocked | :-O |
| Take care | TC |
| Take my word for it | TMWFI |
| Take your time | TYT |
| Talk to ya later | TTYL |
| Talk to you soon | TTYS |
| Text | TXT |
| Thank you | THNQ |
| Thank you | TY |
| Thank you very much | TYVM |
| Thanks | THX |
| Thanks in advance | TIA |
| The | TH |
| These things take time | TTTT |
| Time will tell | TWT |
| To/Too/Two | 2 |
| Today | 2dA |
| Today | 2DAY |
| Tomorrow | 2MORO |
| Tongue in cheek | :-P |
| Tonight | 2NITE |
| Transfer | XFER |
| Until next time | UNT |
| Usually | USU |
| Very happy | :-)) |
| Voice message | VM |
| Wait | W8 |
| Wait a minute | WAM |
| Wait for me | W84M |
| Waiting | W8N |
| Waiting for reply | WFR |
| Want to | WAN2 |
| Watching TV | WTV |
| Way to go | WTG |
| Welcome back | WB |
| What | WOT |
| What for how come | WFHC |
| What the heck | WTH |
| What you mean | WYM |
| What you see is what you get | WYSIWYG |
| What's up with that? | WUWT |
| What's up? | WASSUP |
| What's up? | SUP |
| When | wn |
| Where are you from | WAYF |
| Where are you? | WRU |
| Where's the beef | WTB |
| Why | Y |
| With | W/ |
| Wonderful | 1DRFL |
| Work | WRK |
| Works for me | WMF |
| Write when you can | WWYC |
| Yeah yeah sure sure like I believe that one | YYSSLIBTO |
| Yeah yeah sure sure whatever | YYSSW |
| You | U |
| You at? (where are you?) | U@ |
| You go boy | YGB |
| You go girl | YGG |
| You got to be kidding | YGTBK |
| You gotta be kidding me | YGBKM |
| You mean | YM |
| You okay? | UOK |
| You'll be sorry | YBS |
| Your | YR |
| Your/you're | UR |
| You're welcome | YW |
| You've got to be kidding | UGTBK |