Abbreviations
I use quite some abbrevations and phrases in my EMails which might be little difficult to understand when read the first time. As a help you can read here what I mean.
General Abbreviations
| ACK | acknowledge, confirm |
| AFAIK | as far as I know |
| ASAP | as soon as possiple |
| BB | Bis bald - so long |
| C U | See you |
| C U 2 | See you too |
| C U in Cyber' ' | See you in cyber-space |
| FF | Fiel Fergnügen - viel Vergnügen |
| FF, ff | Fy fan - form of light swearing |
| Ha' d' sa br' | har det så bra, have a nice time |
| Hej | Good Day, Hy, Hello |
| Hej da | Bye |
| Hej da | Bye |
| IMHO | in my humble opinion |
| mvh | med vänliga häsningar, regards |
| OIC | oh I see |
| tnx | thank you |
| TNX | a big thank you |
| :-) | lough, I like it, funny, smile |
| ;-) | you know that I like it, funny, smile, double meaning |
| :-> | zynical |
| ;-> | zynical, but I know that you won't take it the wrong way |
| >:-> | very zynical, diabolic |
| :-] | I grin like a frog |
| :-( | don't like it, disapprove, sorry, hate it |
| :.( | crying, very sorry, sorry for you |
| :.) | it's to love and cry at the same time |
| :-! | that's how I mean it, period, there you have my statement, that how it is |
| :-/ | I don't know what to think about it, indifferent opionion |
| :-@ | swearing like hell |
| :-$ | swearing so much that I want tell you, I better shut up before I say somethings I will regret |
| %-) | positively surpised, positively confused |
| %-( | negatively surpised, negatively confused |
| %-? | I don't know nothing about it, help me you I have no glue, just confused |
| :-? | please answer me, could you help me with |
Weekdays
| German | English | Swedish | Weekday |
| MO / MON | MON | MO / MON | Monday |
| DI / DIE | TUE | TI / TIS | Tuesday |
| MI / MIT | WED | ON / ONS | Wednessday |
| DO / DON | THU | TO / TOR | Thursday |
| FR / FRE | FRE | FR / FRE | Friday |
| SA / SAM | SAT | LO / LOR | Saturday |
| SO / SON | SUN | SO / SON | Sunday |
Date & Time
| 1997/DEC/18 | 18th of December 1997 |
| 16:45 | A quarter before five in the afternoon |
| VOR, MOR | Morning |
| NACH, AFT | Afternoon |
| WE | Weekend |
Countries / Languages
| AUT | Austria, Austrian |
| ENG | England, English |
| GER, DEU | Germany, German |
| ITA | Italia, Italian |
| SF, FIN | Finland, Finnish |
| SWE | Sweden, Swedish |
Currencies
| ATS | ( ,- ) | Austrian Schillings |
| DM | | German Mark |
| DK | | Danish Kronor |
| ECU | ( .- ) | European Currency Unit |
| EURO | ( .- ) | Euro |
| FM | | Finnish Mark |
| NK | | Norwagian Kronor |
| SEK | ( :- ) | Swedish Kronor |
| USD | | US Dollar |
Swedisch Abbreviations
| mvh | med vänliger hälsningar |
| ng | någon, något |
| ngt | någonting |
| ingt | ingeting |
| o | och |
| oxa | också |
General Information
I try to avoid any special characters in my emails.
Emails written in
GER are coded in the following:
| Ä | Ae |
| ä | ae |
| Ö | Oe |
| ö | oe |
| Ü | Ue |
| ü | ue |
| ß | ss |
Emails written in SWE have a different coding:
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