Re: CHAT: "Mister" (WAS: Re: New Lang: Igassik)

Nik Taylor wrote:
>> On the other hand, 'chrissy' is not a common abbreviation for
>> Christmas, in fact it's downright unfamiliar to me.
>
>Well, I did only hear it from the one person, so perhaps it's a local
>term, or even an idiolectal one?  She lives in Queensland, if that's any
>help.
I also heard "Chrissy" being used from friends in Brisbane. They
had this thing with abbreviating long words and ending them with
"-y" and like. They for instance refered to the Philippines as
"Philly", and Brisbane as "Brizzy". E.g. "I left Brizzy for Philly".
But I think they only used those words as a type of anaphora. That's
actually a cool feature for a conlang.

-kristian- 8)