这种短信文是由图片、字母或数字的组合来代表某个单词的，感觉像字谜一样。 比如："i <3 u"就代表“我爱你”（中间的<3像是一颗心的形状，代表“爱”），b4就是before（以前）这个单词的缩写形式，而lol则是laugh out loud（大声笑出来）这三个单词的缩写。

It can be likened to a rebus, which uses pictures and single letters, or numbers to represent whole words (e.g, "i <3 u" means “I love you”, b4 means before, lol means laugh out loud, etc. ).

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“最重要的是，也许最简单的也只是一个简洁而直接的情感表达，”他说，“我爱你。”

"The most important, maybe even the simplest, is just... a simple, direct expression of emotion," he says. "' I love you."

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其中百分之23的人表示当他们离家之后，他们的爱人能更多的感受到一份带有爱意的短信而不仅仅只是说一句，我爱你。

Twenty three per cent of those surveyed said they thought their partner would actually appreciate a loving text more than just saying 'I love you' when they left the house.

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