Acronyms and Emoticons.

Here are a few of the most commonly used acronyms.

LLATL is Learning Language Arts Through Literature
SL is Sonlight
CM is Charlotte Mason
CE is Classical Education
AO is Ambleside Online
LA is Learning Adventures
FIAR is Five In A Row
FAR is Far Above Rubies
HOW is Heart of Wisdom
RB is usually Ruth Beechick
MMM us Making Math Meaningful
MUS is Math-U-See
SM is Singapore Maths
ACHOW is A Child's History of the World (Hillyer)
SOTW is Story of the World (Bauer)
MOH is Mystery of History

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Acronyms

<lol> or <LOL> is "laughing out loud
<g> grin
<BG> big grin <vbg> very big grin
AFK Away from keyboard
BRB Be right back
BTW By the way
DH Dear/Darling Husband
FWIW For what it's worth
GD&R Grinning, Ducking & Running
GMTA Great minds think alike
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
ICYDK In case you didn't know
IMO In my opinion
IMHO In My Humble Opinion
J/K Just Kidding
OTOH On the other hand
PMJI Pardon my jumping in
ROTFL Rolling on the floor laughing
Txs Thanks
TIA Thanks in Advance
TTFN Ta Ta for now
TTYL Talk to ya later
WTG Way to Go
wrt-with regard to
yob year old boy (5yods is a 5 year old darling son)
yog year old girl
mil mother-in-law
fil father-in-law
dh - dear/darling husband
ds - dear/darling son
dd - dear/darling daughter
YSIC - Your Sister in Christ

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Emoticons: hint- turn head to side

:-) smile
:D big grin
:* kiss
;) wink
:( sad face
:/ disappointment
:| boredom
8) person with glasses
:X not speaking
{ insert name} hug
:-0 mild surprise

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