• x4740N@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    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

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days 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.

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      3 days ago

      If he’s from NYC, he knows what NYC means. If he’s not from there, it doesn’t matter anyway