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Words replaced by letters that sound like them, like “CU” for “see you”.

Words which have one of those changes plus other changes in spelling and/ or pronunciation such as “sarnie” for “sandwich” and “cozzie” for “swimming costume”.

Words which have the middle taken out, such as contractions like “I’m” for “I am” and “Dr” for “doctor”.

Words which have the end cut off and another sound added in its place, such as “footie” for “football”.

Words which have the end cut off, such as “uni” for “university” and “memo” for “memorandum”.

Acronyms (including initialisations) such as “ASAP” for “as soon as possible” and “USD” for “US dollars”, and similar words where the letters replace parts of a single word such as “PJs” for “pyjamas”.

Abbreviations that you might want to plan to bring up or which might come up more naturally in class include: In this article and in my classes, I use a very wide definition of “abbreviation” as anything that is shorter when spoken and/ or written than the word or expression that it comes from. teaching “estimated” to students who have already come across “ETA” in their work. Some classroom time spent on abbreviations can therefore be a great way of teaching the longer expressions and the words that make them up, e.g. They are often also particularly interesting for students, because they may have heard or used abbreviations like “CEO” for years without ever wondering what the longer form could be or wrongly assumed that “Re:” in all their emails must have come from “Reply”.

As well as being among the most easily teachable kinds of language, abbreviations like “Just a sec’” and “Can you also CC my boss when you send me the info?” are great ways for students to use more of a range of language, to avoid repeating the same phrases, and to sound friendlier in more casual situations.