Request for info on SMS in Russian/Texting

[Josh Wilson]

This won't help you much with these text terms (which I've not seen much of
in Russia, honestly), but does have a lot of slang related to SMS-ing and
cell phones in general.

http://www.sras.org/mini_lessons#cell_phones

One term I will throw out for you - while I was dating in Russia, one girl
consistently ended her messages with "zhmok." It took me forever to figure
out what this meant - but it's basically equivalent of the "smilik" :* (for
a kiss). "Zhmok" is apparently the Russian equivalent of "smack" - a sound
made by a quick kiss. 



Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org



-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Franke
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:29 AM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Request for info on SMS in Russian/Texting

SEELANGERS:


Does anyone know of web sites for texting/SMS in Russian? I'd like to
prepare 
a list for high-frequency text terms like LOL, CUL8R, etc.

Appreciate any help.

All the Best,

Jack Franke

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