
The reason is that these abbreviations are based on the pronunciation of their corresponding letter / digit.

However, there are some exceptions, which are fairly safe to use: 2 Not all of these short-hands can be assumed to be understood by the majorities of Internet or E-Mail users. The acronyms / abbreviations are mostly written in upper case. And they should help to better understand the meaning of text centered messages. It just contains the abbreviations (new Slang / shorthands), which I consider most useful.

The Language of Internet: the following is a list of some common acronyms that are used on the web, in E-Mails.
