SWALK , SWAK

[camotto]

Hello!
This acronym can be written on the back of an envelope. What do the letters stand for?

 

[auptitgallo]

Sealed with a loving kiss...!

 

[camotto]

Thank you Auptitgallo! That was fast!

 

[OLN]

Have a look here :
SWAK - Wiktionary
SWALK - Wiktionary

 

[Keith Bradford]

SWALK was probably the best-known of these acronyms, typically written by a soldier on the back of a letter home to his sweetheart. They date mostly from WW2 and the 15-year period of national service following. Others include:

• ITALY (I trust and love you)
• HOLLAND (Hoping our love lives and never dies)
• BURMA (Be undressed and ready, my angel)

I'm sure there are others that my memory has censored... I don't know if French has a cultural equivalent.

 

[camotto]

So interesting, Keith! No idea, sorry!

 

[wildan1]

In AE I remember people writing SWAK (no "loving"). There was even a song with this as a title back in 1962
Sealed with a Kiss - Wikipedia

Is there a French equivalent?

 

[mehoul]

Aujourd'hui je ne sais pas mais il y avait une inscription qui commençait par FPLF : "Facteur, presse le pas!" Et la suite était quelque-chose comme CLANAP : "car l'amitié n'attend pas" (mais je ne suis pas certain de la formulation exacte)

 

[hacha12]

French equivalent : FPMB

Guess what it means !

 

[moustic]

That would be: Fermé Par Mille Baisers

(Or then again: Fonds de Prévoyance de la Métallurgie du Bâtiment... )

Edit: In my opinion, not many people will have seen SWALK on a letter in the last 40 odd years. (Letter? What's that?)

 

[ain'ttranslationfun?]

Aujourd'hui je ne sais pas mais il y avait une inscription qui commençait par FPLF : "Facteur, presse le pas!" Et la suite était quelque-chose comme CLANAP : "car l'amitié n'attend pas" (mais je ne suis pas certain de la formulation exacte)

"Car l'amour n'attend pas", peut-être?

 

[camotto]

Déjà vu dans les années 90 😅 :
“Dépêche-toi, petit facteur, car l’amour n’attend pas »…
Long time no see, though! 🤫

 

[Son of a preacher man]

SWALK was probably the best-known of these acronyms, typically written by a soldier on the back of a letter home to his sweetheart. They date mostly from WW2 and the 15-year period of national service following. Others include:

• ITALY (I trust and love you)
• HOLLAND (Hoping our love lives and never dies)
• BURMA (Be undressed and ready, my angel)

I'm sure there are others that my memory has censored... I don't know if French has a cultural equivalent.

And, with overtones of Napoleon's suggestion to Joséphine:
NORWICH (Knickers off ready when I come home)

 

[Kecha]

"Car l'amour n'attend pas", peut-être?

Probablement au départ, mais les lettres entre copines étaient bien plus fréquentes que les lettres d'amour (et je ne parle pas d'aujourd'hui, où ça n'existe probablement plus du tout) !