Re: (Con-)Abbreviations (was: Re: a case-free language?)

Carsten wrote:

>... Just out of curiousity, this leads me to the question:
>Has anyone of you guys/girls created abbreviations for your
>conlang(s)? Not abbreviations for the conlang's name of
>course, I meant such abbreviations like "etc./&c", "e.g.",
>"i.e.", "et al.", "IIRC", "BTW", "AIUI" et cetera.
Kali-sise has a system for creating acronyms.  Such acronyms are used more
like abbreviations in English, and may have many different meanings;  the
language lacks permanent acronyms of the _NASA, radar, sonar_ type in
English.  As a result, Kalisise acronyms are not used within formal writing.
 Acronyms are frequent in colloquial writing and in Internet chats,
postings, e-mail, IM conversations, etc.

Acronyms are formed by taking the CV- from the beginning of each word in the
acronym:  The word putuse-sukala [future+thanks] "TIA [Thanks In Advance]"
becomes PUSU, the word lati-senuse [radio+sense] "radar" becomes LASE.

Best regards,

Jeffrey
http://www.langmaker.com/db/mdl_kalisise.htm
Kelu supaka-sunu ke sese kane ke Kali-sise pi nalike se.
"Four vowels and six consonants Kalisise has."