Re: The Ability of Abbreviation

 --- "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...> wrote: > On
Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 08:31:32AM +1100, Cheng
> Zhong Su wrote:
> > As English words are too long, sometimes we
> simplify
> > them by abbreviation. We have said four hundred
> > ‘phonetic types’ still have some room to reduce
> words'
> > size, what will happen with 26 letters? In fact,
> some
> > mistakes are already there:
> > For instance what’s a CD? The answer could be
> various:
> > CD=Cable Drive; Cable Duct; Calling Device; Calls
> per
> [snip]
>
> gh0' lyy's ch3d3'? ghu' tww'ma chid0' 3t3m3'?
> mw'Pan33 mw'k3g3 n0 tww'ma
> d3 3t3mi0'. tww'ma ki-3t3m33' keve n3 ghi' di
> cu-3t3m33' ta'ma chid0 isu'?
> miKa' eb3 ale's loo'ru, nu Ta'l3n di loo'ru.
>
>
> T
>
That just mean the English need some new symbol to
represent  gho'.
Su Cheng Zhong

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