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      42 months ago

      NYC = new york city

      This is a translation provided for free by me because this user has defualted to american defaultism

      To the person I’m replying to, THIS IS THE INTERNET, NOT america

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        2 months ago

        If he’s from NYC, he knows what NYC means. If he’s not from there, it doesn’t matter anyway

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        12 months ago

        NYC is one of a number of world cities known by acronyms or nicknames:

        • Rio For Rio de Janeiro
        • HK For Hong Kong
        • TJ For Tijuana
        • KL For Kuala Lumpur
        • TO For Toronto
        • Joburg For Johannesburg

        There’s even a whole country that goes by its initials: UK.

        So, stop thinking this is some American thing, it’s just a way that people shorten the names of common cities that have a few too many syllables to be convenient.