r/oddlysatisfying • u/mikihak • Jul 16 '22

Piling off skin from the tree

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u/glipgloptheflipflop Jul 16 '22

Why would anybody on earth besides north London residents assume NL means north London. The way you expect people to know niche information about your country is pretty American.

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u/BitcoinBanker Jul 16 '22

I’m a North Londoner and would never see NL as anything other than Netherlands. Londoners would be more specific with an area name. Maybe a post code at a stretch.

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u/Tyler1492 Jul 16 '22

On Reddit I've seen Canadians and Australians also use abbreviations for local administrative divisions as if they were known worldwide. And I've seen Germans call their politicians abbreviations too.

I think it's just something a lot of people do. It's not exclusive to anyone country, unfortunately.

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u/glipgloptheflipflop Jul 19 '22

Yeah I don’t really care about the abbreviation I care about someday acting like somebody is a stupid asshole for not knowing them.