Re: I have an opinion!

David Peterson wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/2/01 3:51:39 PM, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes:
>
> << 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. >>
>
> No one person can say whether a conjunction has become accepted; it
> depends
> on what most English speakers think.  Most English speakers do NOT have
> "conlang", "auxlang", "compsci", "polisci", and many not "scifi".  Nearly
> everyone has "e-mail", and it's already become a verb.  Just because some
> condensions were formed the same way doesn't mean they have equal billing,
> says I.
>
I'd be very surprised if that was true about your last three, because
"compsci", "polisci" and even "scifi" predated e-mail.

Laurie
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