florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 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 · 5 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareXantar@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoAnytime people needed to save space while texting you have acronyms(tbh) or shortenings(no 8 m8) happening so it’s not surprising many languages have them. French does.
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months ago Anytime Newspaper classifieds used to be full of arcane abbreviations. Now we have the internet we can look up a cheatsheet, but no longer use newspaper classifieds.
Anytime people needed to save space while texting you have acronyms(tbh) or shortenings(no 8 m8) happening so it’s not surprising many languages have them.
French does.
Newspaper classifieds used to be full of arcane abbreviations.
Now we have the internet we can look up a cheatsheet, but no longer use newspaper classifieds.