Words, phrases, acronyms that you abhor

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I hate people saying lil instead of little. makes me see red. What makes you feel stabby and see red

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sis instead of sister, IA, MA, WS Instead of InshaAllah, mashaAllah, Walaikumussalam

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FYI or ASAP…why people are so lazy and bent upon destroying the language. similarly other abbreviated words/phrases like aft., info., ave., wassup., MIL., DIL., FIL. etc.

i can understand if you shorten them in an informal writings but abbreviating them in your speech is beyond me…

…oh well, may be i hate it because i wasn’t brought up using abbreviations in my speech. :hmmm:

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How about sisse

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include it in my list as well...

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also AOA instead of Assalamoalikum.Since when did arabic have abbreviations? :hmmm:

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I also don’t like this kind of roman urdu where they write paDHna instead of paRHna.This DH always confuse me and I pronounce it as daal + hey and realize later that it’s parhna not padhna :smack:

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PFA. Just saw that in an email yesterday. Asked my colleague and he said its ‘Please Find Attached’ :bummer:

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DK = Don’t know :bummer:

Q = kiyun (in text messages) :smack:

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Havent heard that one. How did they expect you to decipher that?

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Haven't seen this being used frequently. It seems a new innovation

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i think some of the online/chatroom abbreviations are regional...isn't it?

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especially this one "LOL" sounds totally deyhati to me!

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I use most if the Islamic ones like MA etc :devil: May Allah forgive me

another one is tat for that. Aik h likhtay huay tumharey haath toottey hain?

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some one replied my text message as k. I thought he was asking for further explanation. Later I found k=ok… tut painay kahin ke :bummer:

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:slight_smile: AH Instead of ALLAH hafiz…writing in detail everything when it comes to ALLAH hafiz and salam and all..it becomes abbreviation…it must have psychology behind all this thing…well i use abbreviation if i am busy…

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There is no equivalent letter for this. Most of Indians use ‘dh’ or ‘d’. Retroflex flap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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TY (THANK YOU)
TYT (TAKE YOUR TIME)