@[email protected] to No Stupid Questions • 3 months agoDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?message-square96fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down16
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 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-square@KellylinkEnglish2•3 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.