Re:Verlan: French slang that inverses words
by wolfgke on Sunday February 02, 2020 @07:22PM
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> That seems similar to the way people say PIN number even though PIN itself means personal identification number.
At least in Germany/German language, if you use such a redundant wording, you are often considered to be not very knowledgeable. In the 90s, some people even loved to point out that SMS is the name of the service - the message is an SM (oh, the funny puns that can be constructed from this fact).
At least in Germany/German language, if you use such a redundant wording, you are often considered to be not very knowledgeable. In the 90s, some people even loved to point out that SMS is the name of the service - the message is an SM (oh, the funny puns that can be constructed from this fact).