Texting and WhatsApp, British Style
Text like a Brit: kisses, thanks, sorry and making plans.
Just text back see you then x so it doesn't sound cold.
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All 15 phrases
Kisses and tone4
Thanks and sorry6
- TaThanks.
- Cheers mateThanks, in a casual chat.
- No worriesThe standard reply to thanks or sorry.
- Sorry for the late replyThe standard opener, even if it's only been a couple of hours.
- SozCasual 'sorry'.
- Hope you're wellA polite opener before asking for something, common with work contacts and in school groups.
Making plans5
Check yourself15 questions
Question 1 of 15
A colleague ends a text with one 'x'. It means...
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- 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days later
- Moments
- 4 of 15 phrases have a clip
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Picked by Talk, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Phrases
- Picked by Talk.
- How Talk picked them
- Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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- Talk shares this list under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Meanings and examples
- Written by Talk in plain English.
- Dictionary details
- From Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Princeton WordNet, used under the WordNet licence. WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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