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minus-squareParodper@foros.fediverso.gallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·8 months agoI didn’t know US speakers refer to their states by acronyms. We don’t do that in my country.
minus-squarepfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·edit-28 months agook. Seems fairly common across the world. In germany it’s common-place as well to use acronyms, sometimes even in speech (mostly for those with longer names like BW for Baden-Württemberg)
minus-squarelulztard@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-28 months agoI have yet to meet someone who says BW. Maybe your social bubble doesn’t encompass the entire nation.
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoWe do say “NRW” at least. Even the news sometimes do. I propably wouldn’t do it in an international forum though.
minus-squaregeissi@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoI have never heard anyone refer to BaWü as BW in speech. The only Bundesland I have ever encountered that is NRW.
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoThough most wouldn’t do that in an international sub with an audience that obviously won’t know the acronyms.
I didn’t know US speakers refer to their states by acronyms. We don’t do that in my country.
ok. Seems fairly common across the world. In germany it’s common-place as well to use acronyms, sometimes even in speech (mostly for those with longer names like BW for Baden-Württemberg)
I have yet to meet someone who says BW. Maybe your social bubble doesn’t encompass the entire nation.
We do say “NRW” at least. Even the news sometimes do. I propably wouldn’t do it in an international forum though.
I have never heard anyone refer to BaWü as BW in speech.
The only Bundesland I have ever encountered that is NRW.
Though most wouldn’t do that in an international sub with an audience that obviously won’t know the acronyms.