florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agoDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down16
arrow-up1129arrow-down1message-squareDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareIbuthyr@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 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”
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”