Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
I have heard some people use the abbreviation "bday" for "birthday" in speech. It always sounds strange to me when used in speech.
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
I use it in casual speech "Yeah, I went to his bday party", but if I'm emphasizing the word I will say the full phrase.
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
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Do-lõze ni lo-Kana šouna moareloa / Ewurei steiža minõ dahmoh poa
Veteran of the 1st ZBB 2006-2018
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
Birth, or perhaps I should say B, is perhaps the new taboo word, as in Brave World...
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
Actually saying 'bday' to me feels like a written abbreviation intruding in actual speech and seems strange and forced to me.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
"bday" is something you sit on to clean your private parts, for deity's sake!
mais grand il tour, mais rapid e fort e spes caze la merda
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
this "BDay" is also shortened in washrooms,
even in the country where it was born...
even in the country where it was born...