florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 12 days 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 · 12 days agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·11 days 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-up10·11 days 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-210 days 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 🤣