MUMBAI: "English is a very funny language," figured Shah Rukh Khan when he sat down to give his son Aryan some lessons in the language.

"Teaching clauses and phrases to son, workout cancelled. Who made up these English rules… it’s so much easier..the English on twitter and SMS," tweeted Shah Rukh, who is nevertheless fluent in the language.

While King Khan indirectly lauded the use of abbreviations and slangs in social networking mediums, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently in hospital for medical treatment, has often been amused by it.