Re: The Ability of Abbreviation
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, December 12, 2001, 3:45 |
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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
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d3 3t3mi0'. tww'ma ki-3t3m33' keve n3 ghi' di cu-3t3m33' ta'ma chid0 isu'?
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