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I am Ihsan Saber, an English Language Teaching (ELT) professional with an M.A. degree from the University of Sussex, in the U.K. I am currently an English lecturer within the College of Basic Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil.

British Culture: Abbreviations 02


Every country and culture has its own particular abbreviations. The following is one of the main abbreviations you need to know especially when you travel to the UK or live there permanently.

2. BBC: the British Broadcasting Corporation. 
كه‌ناڵی بی بی سی (ده‌سته‌ی په‌خشی به‌ریتانی)

An organisation that broadcasts television and radio programmes and is owned by the British government. It does not have advertising and is paid for mainly by the licence fee (= money paid every year by people who own a television). People sometimes refer to the BBC humorously as the Beeb.
ڕێكخراوێكه‌ كه‌ به‌رنامه‌ی ته‌له‌فزیۆن و ڕادیۆیی په‌خش ده‌كات، حكومه‌تی به‌ریتانیا خاوه‌نییه‌تی. دیعایه‌ (ریكلام) ناكات، به‌شێوه‌یه‌كی سه‌ره‌كی پاره‌ به‌ كه‌ناڵی بی بی سی ده‌درێت له‌ ڕێگای كرێی مۆڵه‌ت (ئه‌و پاره‌یه‌ی كه‌ هه‌موو ساڵێك له‌لایه‌ن ئه‌و كه‌سانه‌وه‌ كه‌ ته‌له‌فزیۆنییان هه‌یه‌ ده‌درێت به‌ كه‌ناڵی بی بی سی "سه‌یركردنی ته‌له‌فزیۆنی بی بی سی له‌ به‌ریتانیا به‌ خۆڕایی نییه‌"). هه‌ندێك جار خه‌ڵك ئاماژه‌ به‌ بی بی سی ده‌كات به‌ شێوه‌یكی گاڵته‌جاڕی به‌ بیب ناوی ده‌هێنێ.

Note: The Beeb [informal for the BBC]

The BBC produces and broadcasts a wide range of television and radio programmes.
كه‌ناڵی بی بی سی كۆمه‌ڵێكی به‌رفراوان به‌رنامه‌ی ته‌له‌فزیۆنی و ڕادیۆیی به‌رهه‌م ده‌هێنێت وپه‌خش ده‌كات.

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