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 |