#thanks to everyone who voted in the other one i looooooved reading all your tags!

[the-thorster]

Analysing the abbreviation "ESC" further.

Two weeks ago I asked both Germans and Non-Germans if they call Eurovision "ESC"

The answer was divided: of the 'ESC'-users, about half were Germans and half weren't. About 40% of Non-Germans who voted didn't know or use the term, whether online or irl. Curiously, there was almost no German (1.2%) that didn't use the abbreviation at all.

However, in my first poll I failed to:

a) make a difference between Germans and people from German-speaking countries (like Austria and Switzerland for example). b) specify if the usage is online/on tumblr or irl. c) account for people from countries where the event usually isn't called "Eurovision Song Contest" (Songfestival, (Euro)viisut, Grand Prix, Eurovisie, etc)

So this time I tried to specify better. There's also further questions you can answer in the tags:

if you use the 'ESC' abbreviation irl and you’re not german or german-speaking, do you pronounce the letters in your native language or in english (ee-ess-cee)?

non german speakers: have you heard someone say ESC irl in a non tumblr/social media context (other (classic) media, in podcasts, interviews, or conversations you had irl …)?

THANKS FOR VOTING!!!