Re: I have an opinion!
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 3, 2001, 1:19 |
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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.
-Jenesis
(and I actually do say "et cetera" in papers and short stories. Though,
true, you got me.)
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