#they missed the mark from both latin and french lmao

[nya-vivi]

Not to be that person but hoyoverse has transcribed Charlotte's constellation wrong and I can't bear to even look at it.

The word is from Greek and they transcribed 'hualina' instead of 'hyalina'. υ is pronounced like a y or a French u.

They really have to use the obscurest words 💀

[goldbuiltmoved]

𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑬𝑻

repost,  don’t reblog !

𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

FULL NAME.    jonathan christopher herondale MEANING.      gift of jehovah (jonathan), bearer of christ (christopher) NICKNAME.      jace (he never uses jonathan cuz that’s valentine’s biological son's name, and also he didn’t know what his real name was for a long time, so don’t call him jonathan unless u looking for a very angry jace) GENDER.         cis male. HEIGHT.  5′11″ (he a smol) AGE. 21-29 (verse dependent, born 1991) ZODIAC.    capricorn       LANGUAGES. valentine made him learn several so - english, latin, ancient greek, french, romanian, italian, german, portuguese, demon language

𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 !

HAIR COLOR.       blonde EYE COLOR.       my jace is book-based so technically gold but since i love dom’s eyes i merged the two and made them half-gold half-blue and right eye blue. BODY TYPE.         athletic ACCENT.         born in idris, he had a bit of an accent but its mostly american now. VOICE.       a little husky. DOMINANT HAND.        left POSTURE.         straight. SCARS.        thin silver scars all over his body from continuously burning runes onto his skin. TATTOOS.        none, several runes. MOST NOTICEABLE FEATURE(S).      runes, known to draw attention for the gold in his eyes, a star-shaped birth mark on his shoulder meaning he was touched by the angel ithuriel, clary often describes him as lion-like in the books.

𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 !

PLACE OF BIRTH.        idris (hidden from mundanes, located in central europe between germany, france and switzerland) HOMETOWN.         alicante aka the glass city FIRST WORDS.      dad @ valentine PARENTS.   valentine morgenstern (considers his only father, foster father), stephen herondale (biological father), celine herondale (biological mother), maryse lightwood (adoptive mother), robert lightwood (adoptive father) PARENT INVOLVEMENT.   valentine was the one who raised jace and, despite all the horrible things and abuse he’s suffered, jace often finds himself conflicted between hate and love and even misses valentine after he dies - he’s the only father he’s ever truly had. he has never met stephen and celine, both deceased. robert and jace don’t have much of a relationship, but maryse has always treated him like family.

𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 !

OCCUPATION.         shadowhunter, co-head of the new york institute alongside clary later on in life. CURRENT RESIDENCE.        new york city CLOSE FRIENDS.        alec lightwood (parabatai), isabelle lightwood, clary fairchild, simon lewis, luke garroway, magnus bane (they annoy each other but there’s love there deep down), maia roberts.  RELATIONSHIP STATUS.          verse dependent.  (eventually engaged to clary fairchild in book canon) CRIMINAL RECORD.         was once arrested by the clave as a traitor for siding with valentine when his father convinced him he had demon blood. VICES.       self-loathing, recklessness.

𝐬𝐞𝐱 & 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !

SEXUAL ORIENTATION.         bisexual ROMANTIC ORIENTATION.         biromantic PREFERRED EMOTIONAL ROLE.       submissive       |         dominant       |       switch.  PREFERRED SEXUAL ROLE.       submissive       |       dominant       |       switch. LIBIDO.        high LOVE LANGUAGE.     physical touch

𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 !

CHARACTER’S THEME SONG.       rise - katy perry (lissen i know, but the lyrics really suit him tbh) HOBBIES TO PASS TIME.        killing things, training, fighting, drinking (he doesn’t really know who he is when he’s not fighting tbh) MENTAL ILLNESSES.    depression, suicidal tendencies (both developed on his own, but he also has hereditary tendencies due to his biological mother who was mentally ill and committed suicide) PHYSICAL ILLNESSES.         none. LEFT OR RIGHT BRAINED.        right PHOBIAS.        ducks. SELF CONFIDENCE LEVEL.         displays around 9.5 tbh, but he’s actually at a 4 lmao VULNERABILITIES.        prone to self destruction, believes his “dark” side will eventually overpower his “light” side, will blindly do anything to keep his parabatai safe

tagged by: stole from @forgottenstoriies​ tagging: anyone who wants to do it tbh but @honorwoven​ @haeretik​ @yemaenja​ @griimhilde​ @connectere​

[oncebely]

BASIC INFORMATION:

FULL NAME : simeon pyotrvich belskyi. MEANING : simeon, meaning he has heard. MONIKERS / NICKNAMES : none that he allows, as he has never been fond of nicknames. TITLE : prince of bely, boyar of the russian militia, lord of bely.

GENDER & PRONOUNS : cis-male, he / him ETHNICITY : white russian DATE OF BIRTH & AGE: march 21, 1527 ; 32 years of age ZODIAC SIGN : aries --- the sign that marks the beginning of something turbulent. ORIENTATION : does he even know! he was in love w yuri for about 85% of his life, and look how that turned out for him! he’s only attracted to dumbasses, that’s his sexuality. (he’s bi all around, although he is in the firm camp that yuri was an exception and he does not actually like men. this is untrue. he loves men.) MARITAL STATUS : unmarried, looking to cause trouble. >:-) OCCUPATION : prince. lord. CURRENT LOCATION : sasso corbaro, switzerland.

BACKGROUND:

PLACE OF BIRTH : bely, tvar oblast, russia. RESIDENCES : bely, tvar oblast, russia. he has not been back in a number of years. RELIGIOUS VIEWS : none anymore, although he was raised orthodox catholic and still retains a good chunk of cultural views from it.   EDUCATION : as firstborn son, simeon was subject to intensive education growing up. he much preferred focusing on strategy and physical activity. a lot of details in his education have been lost; he’s much more of a practical man. LANGUAGES SPOKEN : russian, czech, latin, german, romanian, all well enough ; polish, french, english, italian, all vaguely. he has a much harder time at it than pavel. ALLEGIANCES : in short, none, although this has not always been the case.

the rurik family : simeon has died for the family. he went into a war he believed himself prepared for, and he did not come out of it the same, all for the ruling family. he grew with them, he loved them --- and he firmly believes that they betrayed him, casting him aside without thought or hesitation. and now, the family has become the center of his obsession. he carries such grief in his heart, and he wants to see them all suffer as he has, tearing themselves apart from the inside.

the belskyi family : he lived his life with the idea that he would one day take over bely, that he would step into his father’s place with pride. it has all crumbled around him, and he no longer recognizes the family as his own. there is the smallest care for pavel, but that care rests on a knife’s edge.

the ottoman empire : simeon was lost in a battle against the holy roman empire. he blames both the ottoman empire and the holy roman empire equally for this and cares for neither.

FAMILY :

parents : pyotr belskyi (deceased), anna pavlovna (deceased) --- his relationship was his father has always been complicated, but his mother was nothing but loving and kind to him. he misses her dearly.

siblings : pasha (deceased), patya (deceased), pavel (living) --- simeon was always hard on his brothers, wanting them to be strong to survive in the world. when pasha and patya died, he pulled away from pavel as well. and while their relationship has never been good, pavel is the only one that simeon does not actively seek for revenge.

OTHER FAMILIAL RELATIONS :

step - mother : irina trubetskaya (living) --- simeon has channeled most of his anger toward this one woman, the woman who has taken both the man he loved and his mother’s place. he’s a little obsessed with her!!

APPEARANCE:

FACECLAIM : kit harington. HAIR COLOUR / STYLE : black, tight curls. longer, falling just beneath his ears. he typically combs it back, although, as of late, he lets it go wild. EYE COLOUR / SHAPE : almond, brown. HEIGHT : 5′7″, a short king! BUILD : now thin (used to be a bit stockier), toned. SPEECH STYLE : deep voice, weight on each word. he tends to talk slowly and carefully, and since his return, his voice is much harsher. thick russian accent, never quite mastering other languages enough to cover it. RECOGNIZABLE MARKINGS : at this point, he is absolutely littered with scars. his most notable markings: he has one long scar on his face, along with some small burn marks on his neck. he has several slices on his chest, a stab scar on his stomach and two shallower stab marks on his right shoulder blade. the majority come from his last battle and did not heal as well as they could have, as he was left to fester for several days before being found. BEAUTY HABITS : he bathes more than regular, oftentimes scrubbing himself until he is red. it’s not a matter of vanity; a lot of the terror he has involves dirt, rot, and being buried.

PERSONALITY:

TROPES : the corrupter, byronic hero, driven to villainy, ineffectual loner. INSPIRATIONS : the concept of losing oneself to anger, judas iscariot and the idea of the betrayer, fallen angels (righteous anger, smoldering wings, monstrous ruin), werewolves (lmao), russian wilderness. MBTI : isfj-t --- introverted, observant, feeling, judging, turbulent.  ENNEAGRAM : type 1 --- the reformer who has the need to improve. ALIGNMENT : lawful neutral / lawful evil. TEMPERAMENT : melancholic --- perfectionist, self-reliant.  HOGWARTS HOUSE : gryffindor. POSITIVE TRAITS : focused, strategic, determined. NEGATIVE TRAITS : obsessive, unforgiving, stubborn. HABITS : sometimes, he just won’t answer, using silence itself as an answer to someone. staring. constantly touching his knife / sword handle, just to make sure it is still there. cracking knuckles.  HOBBIES : anything athletic (horseback riding, archery, sparring training), used to enjoy architecture and engineering.  USUAL DEMEANOR : cold, harsh, just kind of a dick?

HEALTH:

PHYSICAL AILMENTS : difficulty seeing out of one eye due to the injury that left him with a scar on his face, chronic pain from bones not healing properly, missing part of his right pinky, does not have a lot of feeling in parts of his body. it’s fine. he’s fine. NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION : OOF! intense trauma has left him with intense ptsd. he has dissociative tendencies, including amnesia and depersonalization. a lot of anger issues from it. not in a good spot, mate.  PHOBIAS : absolute, horrible claustrophobia that developed after he was rescued. oftentimes, he has to open the window in his own chambers for his peace of mind. he claims not to be afraid of anything anymore; this is somewhat true. ALLERGIES : none that he knows of. SLEEPING HABITS : he will literally keep going until he just drops wherever he is. he’ll then sleep for a solid fourteen hours, get up, and keep going. he hates sleeping. SOCIABILITY : he was never particularly social, much preferring the company of one or two people. now, he really only sees people as pawns in his game of revenge, so ?? maybe more social now!?! ADDICTIONS : when he first started recovering, he drank a lot, as he did not want to be recovering. claudia quickly stopped him of this, and now he is only a social drinker. during bouts of depression, he will fall back to drinking too much. tbh, he should stop drinking altogether, but do you think he cares about his health! no!

[surveys-at-your-service]

Survey #478

“i get pretty just to fuck my face up”

If you were dying who would you say goodbye to first out of everyone? My mom. Are you someone who actually likes to babysit children? NO. Do you find any of your friends’ parents creepy or really mean? No. Do you have things on your mind right now? My weight is very, very much on my mind. I dared to weigh myself yesterday and I'm the heaviest I've ever been. So that's comforting. Are you at all stressed right now? ^^^^^^^ hunny I wanna pull all my hair out What was the last stuffed animal you bought? I don't know. What’s the last new good song that you discovered? "The Devil's Rejects" by Rob Zombie. I've been really into him lately. Felicity, Fiona, or Flavia? (with the “v” pronounced like a “w”–it’s Latin) "Felicity" is beautiful. I love the word in general. Which biblical name do you prefer: Naomi, Esther, Rachel, or Joanna? I love the name Naomi. Do you own a cowboy hat? No. Have you ever unfriended a sibling on social media? No; she unfriended me. Has someone let you down recently? My goddamn self. What are you looking forward to? Mom to get better so we can force ourselves back into the gym. Also Girt's mom to get better so we can see each other. For the weather to actually feel fall-ish. What’s your favorite Lady Gaga song? "Bad Romance." Skeletons or scarecrows? Skelly boiz What type of tree is the most common where you live? Oh, absolutely pine trees. Where did your last kiss take place? My living room. Name of your pet? Venus and Roman. How was your summer? Shitty. I hate summer. Do you miss anyone right now? I really miss Girt. Covid's gotta go. What size is your shirt? *feral hissing noises* Who was the last person you held hands with? Girt. Do you get out of bed on the left side or right side? Left, because I sleep mostly to the left. Do you like to be closer or farther back to the wheel when driving? Neither, I think? I haven't driven in so long that I'm not sure, but I'm quite sure I position myself pretty ideally. When eating dinner, do you eat foods in order or just inhale it? It's usually kind of in order, but occasionally I'll mix it up. When you lose your phone, where is the first general place you look? My bed. Do you fall asleep with your mouth open or closed? Usually closed. I tend to breathe through my nose unless I'm stuffy. What was the last bug you killed? An ant. Do you keep items in your front or back pants’ pocket? Front. What was the last item or location you cleaned? My glasses. Do you own a pet spider? No, but I REALLY want a number of tarantulas. :( The more time that passes, the more I want some, ha ha. I'd also love a jumping spider or two, but Mom won't allow even that. Have you ever gone on a cruise? No. Is there a rocking chair in your house? No. Have you ever been stood up? No. Do you like elevators or escalators? I'm scared of both. I'm afraid of getting stuck in an elevator, or falling down an escalator/tripping on one. Which do you prefer: M&M’s, Skittles, or Reese’s Pieces? Reese's Pieces, yum. If you could be the sidekick of a superhero which superhero would you pick? Uhhhh maybe Spider-Man, if I could web-sling too? lol Where on your body would you never get a tattoo? ... Can/do people get genitalia tattoos? Because I would fuckin never- Do you think that you could ever win a food eating contest? Hell no. I would puke. Honestly, have you ever thrown garbage out of the window of a car? Absolutely not. Never. What is the first song that comes to mind when I say: Michael Jackson? "Billie Jean." Which would you find more menacing: dinosaurs or dragons? Dragons are just dinos that can fly and breathe fire, so... you tell me which is more dangerous. I'd still try to befriend one tho lmao. Can you say “hello” in another language? Yeah; German is easy. It's just "hallo." Do you like licorice? NO omg Did anybody ever read bedtime stories to you when you were younger? Mom did. Do you have a favorite Johnny Depp movie? What is it? I really like his roles in Alice in Wonderland and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Were you ever force-fed as a child? My parents tried to enforce always finishing our plates. My mom is very against that now, considering the issues it can cause. Should kidneys or other organs be able to be bought and sold? No????? That's some black market bullshit for a reason. What is one of your most important rules when going on a date? Especially if it's your first date with a person, watch for red flags. Will children today have better or worse lives than their parents, and why? Well, it'll probably go in both ways depending on the topic. The environment is dying, the economy is horrific, but I'm sure there will be things like medical advancements. What's the most ironic thing you've seen happen? I dunno. Would you rather go ice skating or roller skating? Roller skating. The blades on ice skates scare me. How many different types of guns have you shot? (water, Nerf, real, etc) Uhhh just water and Nerf, I think? Which of the three meals a day are you most likely to skip? It's very unlikely you'll see me miss a meal... I don't handle the feeling of hunger well. What's something lots of people are afraid of, but you aren't? Snakes, some spiders, I don't THINK I'm scared of deep water, the dark... Do you know anyone who is tolerant of some on the LGBT spectrum but not all? Yes. Do open casket wakes freak you out? I've only been to one, as a child, when I didn't have a full grasp on death, so it was... oddly more fascinating to me, as weird as that sounds? I think going to one now, especially if it was someone close to me, it would make the wake more upsetting. When's the last time you slept in your parents' bed? No clue. What's something that will always be in fashion? Skinny jeans, checkered Vans... What "old person things" do you do? I regularly say "back in the day," lol. And I can go to sleep very early, like 7, but that's uncommon. I complain about soreness in my back and stuff. Do you live in the same hometown as where you were born? No. Did you dorm at college or commute from home? I commuted from home. Do you prefer the thin blue and white masks, or decorative ones? Well, who wouldn't prefer decorative ones? They're more personal to your interests and stuff and I feel is more encouraging to make people wear them. I however don't want to spend money on a mask, so I'm chill with just the blue surgical ones. Have you ever witnessed someone have a seizure before? My dog, yes. Have you ever rode on the back of a shopping cart, or a Home Depot dolly? Yeah, as a kid. Does everything you buy have to be organic? No. I don't buy the groceries, but I also don't care much about that. Do you support more small businesses or chain restaurants/stores? Habitually, chain ones. I wish I paid more attention to small businesses. Have you ever been crowned king or queen at a school dance? No. How old were you when you first started wearing a bra? Am I supposed to remember that? Are you more invested in computer games or video games? I don't care what the game is on; I can be equally invested in either. I prefer to play console games, though. Are you a fan of pumpkin spice everything? Noooo. I'm not a massive fan of it, actually. Is there any holiday that you don't decorate your house for? We only really decorate for occasionally Halloween and always Christmas. Mom may put up some Thanksgiving stuff. Tell me something your parents don't know about. They don't know certain places I've done sexual things at/on. What's the last table food you fed your pet? Roman doesn't get human food. He learned at a young age that's a no-no. Have you ever peed in the water at the beach? Ew, no. Even if it's incredibly vast, people still swim in that. Have you ever scored a winning goal for a team you played for? I doubt it. Have you ever participated in LARPing? No. Have you ever gotten a divorce? Never been married. Do you prefer "regular kissing" or French kissing? I mean that depends on the place and the mood. Are you more likely to give a hickey to someone else or get one? I haven't done that in many years, and when it happened, I don't think one of us did it more than the other. Do you like sprinkles on your ice cream? I HATE sprinkles. Have you been in more car accidents as a passenger or a driver? I've only ever been in an accident as a passenger. Have you ever been wrongfully convicted of a crime? No. Was any of the cafeteria food at your school actually any good? I actually didn't mind a good number of things. Have you ever wanted to become a lifeguard? No. What's the highest fever you've ever had? I'm unsure, but over 100. Have you ever kissed a dog on the mouth? Well, dogs have kissed ME on the mouth. al;sdkfjalksdjkf so gross When you were born was the umbilical cord wrapped around your neck? Uh, I don't believe so. I feel like I would know that if I was. Would you enter a burning building to save a kitten? I feel like I would, I think. My intense love of animals would probably force me to kick into action. Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John? Haaaa, I have a bias for "Mark," of course... but if we're talking which name I find most appealing, it's probably John. Or Luke. Have you ever been told that you talk too much? As a child, yes. Do you like to clean? Does ANYBODY enjoy it? Do you know of anyone who went into labor at the baby shower? Uh yikes. No. When's the last time you did a hand game with someone? (ie: Mary Mack) Probably not since I was little. Do you know anyone who was not born in a hospital, unexpectedly? No. Does anyone you know have dual citizenship to live in multiple countries? Possibly? Do you still have a landline phone/phone number? No. Name a fad that was popular when you were growing up, that you miss. Oh, I KNOW there's some things, but I don't recall right now. Have you ever gotten to milk a cow or a goat? No. I'm not sure I'd want to.

[maryanntorreson]

Gr8 Texting Slang In Six Different Languages

On December 3rd, 1992, a test engineer named Neil Papworth sent the world’s first text message, and it may come as a surprise to find out it was a fairly eloquent phrase — well okay, at least it wasn’t “LOL.” The first text ever sent was a simple “Merry Christmas.” And since that merry moment, textspeak has evolved alongside our technology.

When flip phones became popular — for you youngsters, those were phones without full keyboards! — letters were jettisoned in order to save time, which means that over a decade later, Papworth’s “Merry Christmas” had become a “Merry Xmas.”

Although today’s smartphones make texting full phrases a lot easier, it’s safe to say that textspeak, with all its nuance, is here to stay. Consider how you laugh online. Even though LOL, LMAO, ROFL, and haha mean generally the same thing, they’re certainly not interchangeable, and each one takes on its own meaning depending on the context and the person.

English isn’t the only language that has adopted textspeak. New technology has influenced how people all around the globe communicate. Here are some of our favorite examples of textspeak from six different languages.

Textspeak Around The World

1. Thai

You might recognize the phrase 555 as the beginning of a fictitious phone number from a movie or television show. But in Thailand, it’s used to denote laughter. In Thai, the pronunciation of the number five sounds like “ha,” so typing a series of 5’s is akin to typing “hahaha” or “LOL.”

There are other elements of Thai textspeak that involve keyboard shortcuts (or happy accidents?). In Thai, the word จังเลย (jang looei) is used after adjectives to intensify the meaning. However, young people have taken to expressing it as จุงเบย (jung booei) via text. The swapped characters are next to each other on the keyboard, so this probably arose as a typo initially, but now teens do it on purpose because they think it sounds cute.

There are also informal ways to say “I” and “you” that you’ll most often hear among younger people speaking amongst their friends. กู (goo) is a casual, gender-neutral way to say “I,” and มึง (meung) is how you would say “you” in that context.

2. Portuguese

Use this Portuguese expression when you’re just not in the mood: SQN stands for só que não, which translates to “just no.” An equivalent expression in the United States would be sarcastically adding “not!” to the end of a phrase.

Another one of our Portuguese favorites is BBB, which stands for Bom, Bonito, Barato, and means “Good, pretty, cheap.” There’s no precise equivalent in English, although a “good deal” comes close. We think Bom, Bonito, Barato sounds better, though.

To keep the good mood going, you only need to text mara (short for maravilhoso, or “wonderful”).

3. German

If your German friend cracks a joke over text, you can reply with g, which stands in for Grinsen, meaning “grinning.” Or, if it’s a really funny joke, you can throw in a few more g’s. The phrase ggg stands for ganz großes Grinsen, meaning “a very big grin.”

German textspeak also makes liberal use of abbreviations, particularly by replacing letters with numbers. For example: meins (1: eins) = m1 (“mine”), or Nacht (8: acht) = N8 (“night”). You can also shorten common phrases like Wie geht’s? (“What’s up?”) into a sleek and simple Wg?.

Texting frees you from a lot of formal grammatical rules, and you can do casual, lazy things with your language, like saying I bims instead of Ich bin’s (“It’s me”).

Oh, and if someone texts you that something is porno, don’t clutch your pearls right away. They probably just mean that it’s “cool” or “interesting.”

4. French

French texting slang is almost the opposite of its formal written form, which is to say, efficient and mostly devoid of accent marks unless absolutely necessary.

If you see the number 1, it could be referring to the sounds un, ain or ien. So in effect, b1 translates to bien. You also don’t need to bother with c’est, sait or s’est when a simple c will do.

To start a conversation, you don’t need much more than a BJR (bonjour) or sa va (ça va, or “how are you?”).

We’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you how to text je t’aime, which gets shortened to JTM.

And if you see the letters MDR, it means mort de rire, which translates to “dying of laughter.”

Hopefully that isn’t the response you get right after professing your love, but if it is, then, well, DSL (which is textspeak for désolé, meaning “sorry”).

5. Arabic

Over the years, new tools and technologies have made it easier to type in many different languages, including ones that don’t use the Latin alphabet like Arabic. That hasn’t always been the case. Historically, the Latin alphabet was the most accessible option for many people to write a text message or chat online. But as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. The Arabic Chat Alphabet, also known as Arabizi, Arabish or Franco-Arabic, was born from these technological limitations.

Arabizi makes it possible to use a combination of Arabic numerals and the Latin alphabet to write Arabic words and phrases. For example, Arabizi uses the numeral 9 to represent the Arabic letter qāf, which is equivalent to the Q in the Latin alphabet. In Arabizi, the Arabic word for heart, qalb, becomes 9alb.

Using this system, you can text someone Kul 3am wa ente bi5ayr (or كل عام وأنتي بخير) to wish them a happy holiday, or Meshta2alek kteer (مشتقلك كتير) to tell them you miss them a lot.

6. Spanish

Warning: you may be confused by the following text expressions when you first see them, but stick with us, they’re actually brilliant.

XQ means both por qué (“why”), and porque (“because”). XA is para (“for”), and XO is pero (“but”). XFA is por favor (“please”).

So, what’s up with all the X’s? They’re actually multiplication signs. When you’re multiplying numbers, por is the equivalent of the English word ‘‘times.” Told you it was brilliant!

Generally speaking, your typical Spanish textspeak is going to vary depending on the locale, but it’s also not uncommon to see certain English slang terms pop up with a Spanish twist: likear, lolazo, trol, selfi, friki.

This is a lot to think about, but try not to overanalyze it. If someone texts you NTR, they just mean no te rayes (“don’t overthink it”).

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[maryanntorreson]

Gr8 Texting Slang In Six Different Languages

On December 3rd, 1992, a test engineer named Neil Papworth sent the world’s first text message, and it may come as a surprise to find out it was a fairly eloquent phrase — well okay, at least it wasn’t “LOL.” The first text ever sent was a simple “Merry Christmas.” And since that merry moment, textspeak has evolved alongside our technology.

When flip phones became popular — for you youngsters, those were phones without full keyboards! — letters were jettisoned in order to save time, which means that over a decade later, Papworth’s “Merry Christmas” had become a “Merry Xmas.”

Although today’s smartphones make texting full phrases a lot easier, it’s safe to say that textspeak, with all its nuance, is here to stay. Consider how you laugh online. Even though LOL, LMAO, ROFL, and haha mean generally the same thing, they’re certainly not interchangeable, and each one takes on its own meaning depending on the context and the person.

English isn’t the only language that has adopted textspeak. New technology has influenced how people all around the globe communicate. Here are some of our favorite examples of textspeak from six different languages.

Textspeak Around The World

1. Thai

You might recognize the phrase 555 as the beginning of a fictitious phone number from a movie or television show. But in Thailand, it’s used to denote laughter. In Thai, the pronunciation of the number five sounds like “ha,” so typing a series of 5’s is akin to typing “hahaha” or “LOL.”

There are other elements of Thai textspeak that involve keyboard shortcuts (or happy accidents?). In Thai, the word จังเลย (jang looei) is used after adjectives to intensify the meaning. However, young people have taken to expressing it as จุงเบย (jung booei) via text. The swapped characters are next to each other on the keyboard, so this probably arose as a typo initially, but now teens do it on purpose because they think it sounds cute.

There are also informal ways to say “I” and “you” that you’ll most often hear among younger people speaking amongst their friends. กู (goo) is a casual, gender-neutral way to say “I,” and มึง (meung) is how you would say “you” in that context.

2. Portuguese

Use this Portuguese expression when you’re just not in the mood: SQN stands for só que não, which translates to “just no.” An equivalent expression in the United States would be sarcastically adding “not!” to the end of a phrase.

Another one of our Portuguese favorites is BBB, which stands for Bom, Bonito, Barato, and means “Good, pretty, cheap.” There’s no precise equivalent in English, although a “good deal” comes close. We think Bom, Bonito, Barato sounds better, though.

To keep the good mood going, you only need to text mara (short for maravilhoso, or “wonderful”).

3. German

If your German friend cracks a joke over text, you can reply with g, which stands in for Grinsen, meaning “grinning.” Or, if it’s a really funny joke, you can throw in a few more g’s. The phrase ggg stands for ganz großes Grinsen, meaning “a very big grin.”

German textspeak also makes liberal use of abbreviations, particularly by replacing letters with numbers. For example: meins (1: eins) = m1 (“mine”), or Nacht (8: acht) = N8 (“night”). You can also shorten common phrases like Wie geht’s? (“What’s up?”) into a sleek and simple Wg?.

Texting frees you from a lot of formal grammatical rules, and you can do casual, lazy things with your language, like saying I bims instead of Ich bin’s (“It’s me”).

Oh, and if someone texts you that something is porno, don’t clutch your pearls right away. They probably just mean that it’s “cool” or “interesting.”

4. French

French texting slang is almost the opposite of its formal written form, which is to say, efficient and mostly devoid of accent marks unless absolutely necessary.

If you see the number 1, it could be referring to the sounds un, ain or ien. So in effect, b1 translates to bien. You also don’t need to bother with c’est, sait or s’est when a simple c will do.

To start a conversation, you don’t need much more than a BJR (bonjour) or sa va (ça va, or “how are you?”).

We’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you how to text je t’aime, which gets shortened to JTM.

And if you see the letters MDR, it means mort de rire, which translates to “dying of laughter.”

Hopefully that isn’t the response you get right after professing your love, but if it is, then, well, DSL (which is textspeak for désolé, meaning “sorry”).

5. Arabic

Over the years, new tools and technologies have made it easier to type in many different languages, including ones that don’t use the Latin alphabet like Arabic. That hasn’t always been the case. Historically, the Latin alphabet was the most accessible option for many people to write a text message or chat online. But as the saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. The Arabic Chat Alphabet, also known as Arabizi, Arabish or Franco-Arabic, was born from these technological limitations.

Arabizi makes it possible to use a combination of Arabic numerals and the Latin alphabet to write Arabic words and phrases. For example, Arabizi uses the numeral 9 to represent the Arabic letter qāf, which is equivalent to the Q in the Latin alphabet. In Arabizi, the Arabic word for heart, qalb, becomes 9alb.

Using this system, you can text someone Kul 3am wa ente bi5ayr (or كل عام وأنتي بخير) to wish them a happy holiday, or Meshta2alek kteer (مشتقلك كتير) to tell them you miss them a lot.

6. Spanish

Warning: you may be confused by the following text expressions when you first see them, but stick with us, they’re actually brilliant.

XQ means both por qué (“why”), and porque (“because”). XA is para (“for”), and XO is pero (“but”). XFA is por favor (“please”).

So, what’s up with all the X’s? They’re actually multiplication signs. When you’re multiplying numbers, por is the equivalent of the English word ‘‘times.” Told you it was brilliant!

Generally speaking, your typical Spanish textspeak is going to vary depending on the locale, but it’s also not uncommon to see certain English slang terms pop up with a Spanish twist: likear, lolazo, trol, selfi, friki.

This is a lot to think about, but try not to overanalyze it. If someone texts you NTR, they just mean no te rayes (“don’t overthink it”).

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