florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?message-squaremessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down16
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareSir_Fridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 months agoI speak Dutch, reading Danish is a trip. Dat wil zeggen -> det vil sige. And yes we use dwz. We use plenty of abbreviations like that too. Like aub for alstublieft. Meaning please, or more literally if you would be so inclined.
minus-squareIbuthyr@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-26 months agoBack in the 90s when I lived in Amsterdam, I also saw svp (which is actually French) used often instead of aub. I never understood why though. Also, ff wachten for example. ff is short for effe, or rather “even”. Just wanted to throw that one into the mix. Edit: alstublieft is also a short version of “als het uw blieft”
minus-squareSir_Fridge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoYeah it’s odd. Nobody says S’il vous plaît but we do say svp out loud.
I speak Dutch, reading Danish is a trip. Dat wil zeggen -> det vil sige. And yes we use dwz.
We use plenty of abbreviations like that too. Like aub for alstublieft. Meaning please, or more literally if you would be so inclined.
Back in the 90s when I lived in Amsterdam, I also saw svp (which is actually French) used often instead of aub. I never understood why though.
Also, ff wachten for example. ff is short for effe, or rather “even”. Just wanted to throw that one into the mix.
Edit: alstublieft is also a short version of “als het uw blieft”
Yeah it’s odd. Nobody says S’il vous plaît but we do say svp out loud.