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Re: I have an opinion!

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, April 2, 2001, 22:51
Andrew Chaney wrote:
> Speaking up momentarily in David's defense, I don't think email (or e-mail) > really qualifies as an abbreviation anymore. I think has become a word in > and of itself.
If "conlang", "auxlang", SciFi, CompSci, PoliSci, etc., count as abbreviations, then so does e-mail. And, if e-mail isn't an abbreviation, then neither is conlang, etc. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42