florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?message-squaremessage-square95fedilinkarrow-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-square95fedilink
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.
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.