florge@feddit.uk to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months 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 · 5 months agomessage-square96fedilink
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down1·5 months 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-up10·5 months 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-25 months 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 🤣