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-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 month agoOne of my favorites is in Japanese. Laughing is “w” or “www” or something. The word is “warau”. So then the ws, they look like grass, so people use the grass emoji, so then people write “kusa”.
minus-squarenorimee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoThe number 5 is pronounced “ha” in Thai. So Thai people laugh 555 or 55555 if it was very funny.
minus-squaremaliciousonion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoAnd in Brazil its kkkkkkkkkkk 🤣
One of my favorites is in Japanese. Laughing is “w” or “www” or something. The word is “warau”. So then the ws, they look like grass, so people use the grass emoji, so then people write “kusa”.
The number 5 is pronounced “ha” in Thai. So Thai people laugh 555 or 55555 if it was very funny.
And in Brazil its kkkkkkkkkkk 🤣