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Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 2:16 pm
by Space60
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?
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 11:36 am
by Arzena
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.
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:07 pm
by xxx
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?
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 12:58 pm
by Travis B.
Actually saying 'bday' to me feels like a written abbreviation intruding in actual speech and seems strange and forced to me.
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 2:31 pm
by alice
"bday" is something you sit on to clean your private parts, for deity's sake!
Re: Do you ever use the abbreviation "bday" in speech?
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 1:57 am
by xxx
this "BDay" is also shortened in washrooms,
even in the country where it was born...