Ten abbreviations for texting in English: 1• hru - how are you? 2• wyd - what are you doing? 3• wbu/hbu - what about you?/how about you? 4• ur - your 5• ty/tysm - thank you/thank you so much 6• wht - what 7• y - why 8• bc - because 9• lol - (to express) laugh out loud 10• idk - i dont know I hope this is useful :) I sometimes forget that I am talking to some foreigners that dont know shorthand in texting. Let me know if i should do more of this to help you guys or ask me any questions