▲ 1865 ▼ Used to consume not produce (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by merari42@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 354 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] x4740N@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago (3 children) NYC = new york city This is a translation provided for free by me because this user has defualted to american defaultism To the person I'm replying to, THIS IS THE INTERNET, NOT america permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] raef@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* If he's from NYC, he knows what NYC means. If he's not from there, it doesn't matter anyway permalink fedilink source parent [–] hemmes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago My dude, he’s from America lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago NYC is one of a number of world cities known by acronyms or nicknames: Rio For Rio de Janeiro HK For Hong Kong TJ For Tijuana KL For Kuala Lumpur TO For Toronto Joburg For Johannesburg There's even a whole country that goes by its initials: UK. So, stop thinking this is some American thing, it's just a way that people shorten the names of common cities that have a few too many syllables to be convenient. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raef@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* If he's from NYC, he knows what NYC means. If he's not from there, it doesn't matter anyway permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago My dude, he’s from America lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago NYC is one of a number of world cities known by acronyms or nicknames: Rio For Rio de Janeiro HK For Hong Kong TJ For Tijuana KL For Kuala Lumpur TO For Toronto Joburg For Johannesburg There's even a whole country that goes by its initials: UK. So, stop thinking this is some American thing, it's just a way that people shorten the names of common cities that have a few too many syllables to be convenient. permalink fedilink source parent
