• pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      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)

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        1 year ago

        I have yet to meet someone who says BW. Maybe your social bubble doesn’t encompass the entire nation.

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          1 year ago

          We do say “NRW” at least. Even the news sometimes do. I propably wouldn’t do it in an international forum though.

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        I have never heard anyone refer to BaWü as BW in speech.
        The only Bundesland I have ever encountered that is NRW.

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        1 year ago

        Though most wouldn’t do that in an international sub with an audience that obviously won’t know the acronyms.