Re: Attn: Spanish speakers

 --- Pablo David Flores <pablo-flores@...>
wrote: > > Or anyone else in the know.
> >
> > Does anyone know what the Spanish abbreviation
> "Flia." stands for.
> > The Spanish teacher and I are drawing a blank.
>
> "Familia".
slightly off topic, but i won't CHAT: it . . .

is it standard in spanish to put a point after an
abbreviation even if it ends in the full word's final
vowel ?

and what are the conventions in other langs ( nat and
con ) ?

english orthodoxy either uses points all the time, or
uses points only when the final letter is NOT the
final letter of the word, or never uses points

i alternate between the last two depending on
register, preferring the no-point system. my personal
favourite, altho rather obsolete, certainly in yUK (
tho not so much in france ) is to superscript any
letters after an ommission. so n_o for number, c_llr
for councellor, abb_n for abbreviation &c

what are people's views, and how do people deal with
this in their conlangs ( if anyone uses abbrevs in
them )

bn

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