• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days 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.