Back in the 90s when I lived in Amsterdam, I also saw svp (which is actually French) used often instead of aub. I never understood why though.

Also, ff wachten for example. ff is short for effe, or rather “even”. Just wanted to throw that one into the mix.

Edit: alstublieft is also a short version of “als het uw blieft”

Kazakhstan isn’t exactly any better than Russia. They’re Russia’s little puppet.

I have high hopes for EVs being used as a decentralized buffer via V2G. I’m thinking of something like you either buy an EV outright and you have no obligations to participate in V2G, but can sell electricity that way if you wish. Or, the government subsidizes your car to a certain extent but you have to give maybe 20% of your battery up as a buffer as long as it’s connected to the grid.