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short oracleBOT Jul 18, 2024, 2:36 PM

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pine copper Jul 18, 2024, 2:36 PM

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Like phrases that can be formally written as a.b.c

broken cargo Jul 18, 2024, 2:37 PM

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Gonna be sad if you can’t write R.S.V.P. At the bottom of an invitation…

pine copper Jul 18, 2024, 2:38 PM

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Ohh wow

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Wait dat shi old

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I'm gonna use it to sound like i demand respect

broken cargo Jul 18, 2024, 2:39 PM

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lol

velvet moth Jul 18, 2024, 2:44 PM

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abbreviations like that are by definition a bit informal

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you might see CQFD (QED) on math proofs, however

pine copper Jul 18, 2024, 2:45 PM

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Damn

serene hawk Jul 18, 2024, 9:05 PM

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Does N. B. count? For notez bien

broken cargo Jul 18, 2024, 9:07 PM

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n.b., p.s., cf., et d'autres sont plutôt les expressions latines...

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a lot of acronyms appear if you start getting into technical language in a specific domain...medicine, pharmacology, law, accounting, programming, ...

EPS is a common acronym for physical education at school...lots in education actually...NSI, LLCEA, CAP, ...

I'm not sure what qualifies in the original question, but there are accronyms everywhere I guess.

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I see "names of things" don't count...so maybe these don't work...they're not lot, names of institutions, but they are names of things. Most acronyms I can think of in english or french are names of things, except in contexts where you need/want economy of letters, like telegraph or texting or informal letter writing...

pine copper Jul 18, 2024, 9:21 PM

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Hmm yah

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In my language we have acronyms for like relativement à

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Or like par rapport à

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That kinda stuff

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And you can still sound formal using them, of course using dots between each letter

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D'où la question ig

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But what u say makes sense

serene hawk Jul 18, 2024, 9:23 PM

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pine copper In my language we have acronyms for like relativement à

That's cool, what language is that?

pine copper Jul 18, 2024, 9:23 PM

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I rather stay mysterious désolé

serene hawk Jul 18, 2024, 9:23 PM

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Oof ok

pine copper Jul 18, 2024, 9:23 PM

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:]

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But you were about to say

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It's from Europe btw, to give u an idea. I guess i owe you that much for making you intrigued

serene hawk Jul 18, 2024, 9:27 PM

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broken cargo n.b., p.s., cf., et d'autres sont plutôt les expressions latines...

Latin expressions can be part of the French language though e.g. et cetera, vice versa, quid

broken cargo Jul 18, 2024, 9:30 PM

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yeah, certainly...that was just pedantic...n.b. more stands for nota bene. but i agree it's an accronym in the french language which is not a name of a thing. and others from fixed latin expressions are a good source as well...

serene hawk Jul 18, 2024, 9:33 PM

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Yes it's strange how the only acronyms that aren't names come from Latin

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Except the one that Andy mentioned.. and also maybe "OK"

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