florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agoDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down16
arrow-up1119arrow-down1message-squareDo other languages have similar acronyms to 'tbh', 'imo', 'smh', etc?florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoIMO in German = mMn (meiner Meinung nach) But for the most part we use the English ones
minus-squareZyratoxx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-25 months agosmh = iwie (irgendwie) How r u = wg (wie geht’s) somebody = jmd (jemand) Shut up = hdf (Halt die Fresse) probs = wsl (wahrscheinlich) idk = kp (kein Plan) kp could also be “kein Problem” (no problem) which is why I personally prefer idk / np over kp / kp
minus-squareexocortex@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoI’m using none of these. But what i use almost all the time : possibly = evtl (eventuell) maybe = vllt (vielleicht) kindest regards = LG (Liebe Grüße) e.g. /for example = zB (z.B.: / zum Beispiel) (i omit the dots and colons)
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agosmh means shaking my head though
minus-squareZyratoxx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoLol, I always used it for “somehow” :')
minus-squarePixeIOrange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agozB = zum Beispiel = for example usw = und so weiter = and so forth etc = etcetera = and so forth we love shortings too
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months agoEt cetera is latin and “etc” is commonly used in English and quite a few other languages as well.
IMO in German = mMn (meiner Meinung nach)
But for the most part we use the English ones
smh = iwie (irgendwie)
How r u = wg (wie geht’s)
somebody = jmd (jemand)
Shut up = hdf (Halt die Fresse)
probs = wsl (wahrscheinlich)
idk = kp (kein Plan)
kp could also be “kein Problem” (no problem) which is why I personally prefer idk / np over kp / kp
I’m using none of these. But what i use almost all the time : possibly = evtl (eventuell) maybe = vllt (vielleicht) kindest regards = LG (Liebe Grüße) e.g. /for example = zB (z.B.: / zum Beispiel) (i omit the dots and colons)
True, I use those too ^^
smh means shaking my head though
Lol, I always used it for “somehow” :')
zB = zum Beispiel = for example
usw = und so weiter = and so forth
etc = etcetera = and so forth
we love shortings too
Et cetera is latin and “etc” is commonly used in English and quite a few other languages as well.
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