florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month 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 · 1 month agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareRegalia@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up44·1 month agoAssuming you mean texting style acronyms, yeah, we have them in German and I’d assume in other languages too. Alongside the stuff borrowed from English 1:1, there’s stuff like bb for “Bis bald” (See you soon) or hdl for “hab dich lieb” (Love you) I’d assume other languages do the same out of efficiency or laziness.
Assuming you mean texting style acronyms, yeah, we have them in German and I’d assume in other languages too.
Alongside the stuff borrowed from English 1:1, there’s stuff like bb for “Bis bald” (See you soon) or hdl for “hab dich lieb” (Love you)
I’d assume other languages do the same out of efficiency or laziness.