Etiquette
There are some etiquette rules that users of TTYs must be aware of. Because of the inability to detect when a person has finished speaking, (and the fact that two people typing will scramble the text on both ends) the term "Go Ahead" (GA) is used to denote the end of a turn, and an indication for the other person to begin typing.
| Acronym | |
|---|---|
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| CA | Communications assistant (another term for a relay operator) |
| CU | See You (be seeing you) |
| GA | Go Ahead |
| SK | Stop Keying (not an imperative to the other person but rather a description of what the keyer is doing, A. preventing the subsequent dead air from confusing the recipient by letting the recipient know not to expect any more messages but also B. letting the recipient know that the keyer remains "listening" for any "goodbye"-type message) |
| SKSK | Now hanging up (used in reply to SK as confirmation that the replying keyer has nothing left to say and that both ends of the conversation are terminated) |
| GA OR SK, SKGA | Goodbye |
| Q, QQ, QM | Question Mark (?) |
| PLS | Please |
| RO | Relay Operator |
| OIC | Oh, I See |
| OPR | Operator |
| NBR | Number |
| TMW | Tomorrow |
| THX | Thanks |
| WRU | Who are You? (or Where are You?) |
| XXXX | Xs are often used to indicate a typing error instead of backspacing |
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