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arrow-up1136arrow-down1external-linkEngland to diverge from EU water monitoring standardswww.theguardian.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 年前message-square30fedilinkcross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uknature@feddit.uk
minus-squarepfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down12·1 年前because the very first sentence speaks of US states, so those acronyms must be for state names?
minus-squareParodper@foros.fediverso.gallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·1 年前I 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-21 年前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)
minus-squarelulztard@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 年前I have yet to meet someone who says BW. Maybe your social bubble doesn’t encompass the entire nation.
minus-squareDon_alForno@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前We 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-up5·1 年前I 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-up4·1 年前Though most wouldn’t do that in an international sub with an audience that obviously won’t know the acronyms.
because the very first sentence speaks of US states, so those acronyms must be for state names?
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.