Abbreviations
on Really Out There Experience (Indonesia), 13/Mar/2010 11:06, 34 days ago
Officialdom inIndonesiais full of abbreviations that if you do not know what they are you have very little way of working it out. AbbreviationFull titleEnglish meaningBalitaBawahLimaTahunThe underfives (0-5 years old)BatitaBawahTigaTahunThe underthrees (0-3 years old)DepkesDepartemenKesehatanMinistry of HealthDinkesDinasKesehatanLocal (provincial or district) Health OfficeDinkes PropDinasKesehatanPropinsiGovernor’s Health AgencyDinkes KabDinasKesehatanKabupatenDistrict Health AgencyJuklakPetunjukPelaksanaanOperational guideline/manualJuknisPetunjukTeknisTechnical guideline/manualKeslingKesehatanLingkunganEnvironmental HealthPosyanduPost Pelayanan TerpaduMonthly Mother and Baby ClinicPuskesmasPusatKesehatanMasyarakanPublic Health ClinicPustuPuskesmas PembantuSub-Health Clinic Besides the abbreviations in official life as my Bahasa Indonesian has improved and my friendship group extended I have I started sending and receiving a lot of text messages– the easiest and cheapest way to communicate out here. Like in English there are lots of abbreviations used and a tendency to drop prefixes and suffixes to make it just that bit harder. AbbreviationFull wordEnglish meaningMlmMalamNightT4TempatPlaceJgnJanganDon’tBlgBilangSay– colloquial; just to make it harderPlgPulangReturnMatSelamatGreeting Like with Gr8 numbers can be used but not that not just the vowels are dropped. To begin with I often had to ask my neighbours or colleagues what the abbreviation represents but now I have got used to it I can normally work it our.