metadata
license: apache-2.0
language:
- en
Dataset Card for TXT/SMS Abbreviations
1539 sms/text speak abbreviations. Note we have parsed through NLTK to give a field of whether its generally recognised a whole word. NB: Numbers are NOT noted as words. Be careful with numbers like 4 2 etc in your training data
Dataset Details
Dataset Description
A curated list of abbreviations commonly used in text messages and gaming chat and other places. We have tried to remove explanations and explicitly put a full expansion of the abbreviation. Be careful - some items are whole words already.
- Curated by: Will Wade
- Language(s) (NLP): English
- License: Apache-2
Uses
Use as a training set for abbreviations or as part of a GEC task
import csv
# Load abbreviations and their expansions from sms.csv into a dictionary
abbreviations_dict = {}
with open('sms.csv', mode='r', encoding='utf-8') as infile:
reader = csv.reader(infile, delimiter=',')
next(reader, None) # Skip the header if present
for row in reader:
if len(row) >= 3:
abbreviation = row[0].strip().upper()
expansion = row[1].strip()
is_word = row[2].strip().lower() in ['true', 'yes', '1'] # Convert to boolean
abbreviations_dict[abbreviation] = (expansion, is_word)
else:
print(f"Skipping malformed row: {row}")