Abbreviations in English

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I can remember 1111 =yiyiyiyi=giggle, 88=baba=bye bye
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hahaha nice thanks! :D
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phuketrichard wrote:
:thumb:

a prescript would be something written BEFORE the script (the written form of a play or movie or the lines to be said by a performer)
is written

BUT you would never see a prescript in a letter when you will find ps; used

also PPS Post postscript
^^This is a load of B.S.

Jamie_Lambo wrote:
Samouth wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
prahkeitouj wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:no; POST script ONLY
there is no prescript ( before the letter??)
Image
there is a Prescript...

it is something written down Before hand... Something that is Pre Written... usually a Rule or a Law...
Jamie, you should not argue with the king of English literature> :). I will have to ask him to explain me what is Yank or Yankee. :ROFL2:
theres nothing to argue...
it comes from the latin "praescriptio" > Preface, Introduction, Pretext, Pretense, Precept, Order, Rule, Law
:hattip:
^^This is correct.

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Jamie_Lambo wrote:another you might notice, mainly from PhuketRichard, is he sometimes types "555555"
5 in Thai is pronounced "Ha"...
so Thais type "555" instead of typing "Ha ha ha"
and if you see "555++" that is the same as "LOL/Laugh Out Loud"

its the same as when Khmer type "70" instead of "Chet"
I thought he meant fine. Image hehe ... interesting! Thanks
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qinjingyou wrote:I can remember 1111 =yiyiyiyi=giggle, 88=baba=bye bye
Hehe... this is Chinese too?
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Yeah, 一 =1, said "yi" , 八=Ba=8.
521=wu er yi. = wo ai ni = I love you.
It works because Chinese is tonal so the sound is closer than it seems to we who speak non-tonal languages.
So. 1111 521 88.
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qinjingyou wrote:Yeah, 一 =1, said "yi" , 八=Ba=8.
521=wu er yi. = wo ai ni = I love you.
It works because Chinese is tonal so the sound is closer than it seems to we who speak non-tonal languages.
So. 1111 521 88. Image
Hehe... good! I can count from 1-10. :-)
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:thumb:
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