How to Read SMS Text Messages

1. Find the SMS text application on your cell phone, iPhone or other device you are using to receive SMS text messages and open it.
2. Open the message you wish to read then read the message from left to right just as you would read anything else.
3. Translate the SMS text components into English, including the common components which follow. '2' generally translates to 'to' as its own word or a part of a word as in tomorrow or tonight. The letter 'R' can be translated into 'our' or 'are.' Various symbol and punctuation characters can be combined with letters to depict a variety of emotions including happiness [:o)] or sadness (;~[) Many SMS text abbreviations are really acronyms such as LOL (laughing out loud), BRB (be right back), JK (just kidding), SYL (see you later), OMG (oh my God) or TYVM (thank you very much). Other abbreviations use an 'X' to stand for part of a word as in WX (weather) or TXS (thanks) or they use a few letters from a word to convey its meaning as in XLNT (excellent). Finally, some abbreviations are designed to express curse words, such as WTF (What the f***).
4. Determine the meaning of any new text abbreviations or acronyms by looking at the confusing portion in the context of the rest of the text message. Many times you can decipher the meanings intuitively based on the context of the message.