zlatiahOct 19

"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym

https://lemmy.world/post/37578315

"United States" in French (États-Unis) would have made a very confusing acronym - Lemmy.World

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Show threadpaequ2Oct 19
In Spanish you can see EEUU for «Estados Unidos». The letters are doubled because they’re plural.
Show threadAnarchoEngineerOct 19
I’ve always wondered why spanish speakers online use EEUU for the US. I once asked a friend of mine and he said “that’s just the way it is”; this is a much better explanation lol
Show threadCaptain Aggravated
A bit like how we used to call the CCCP the USSR?
Oct 20 at 5:48amWeb
Show threadGoodlucksilOct 20
The official name for the country was “Unión de Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas”, hence URSS
Show threadCaptain AggravatedOct 20
You sure the official name wasn’t spelled in Cyrillic instead of Latin With Dumb Shit Over It?