Learn English – Someone said “Ok, talk later” when I said that I wouldn’t reply for a while

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So, what the title says. I'm not a native speaker and, although I have been living in the UK for 2 years, some expressions are still new to me.

Context: I met a girl 4 days ago. We went out on a date and, since then, we talked probably twice through texts (I'm away on a work trip, bad timing). Today, I finished a text by saying "I won't reply for a while, I'm going to a meeting". And she replied "Ok, talk later :)".

Now, is this the typical "See you later" or is this literal, like "Ok, talk to me later in the day"? It sounds quite stupid, but I don't know that person that well and I don't want to make any mistakes.

Best Answer

It's a shorthand way of saying "Okay, we'll talk later."

In all likelihood, she wouldn't have phrased it that way if she were speaking to you instead of texting. Because it's more tedious to text/type than it is to speak, she shortened the sentence figuring you would be able to guess the pronoun without her having to type it.

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