Do U Ever Wonder..

[~SumMerOF69~]

hey
well i was driving by rite and on this sign like for a busness rite it said why is the word abreveation so long and that got me thinking lol y is it so long when it means to shorten things????

 

[Princess Pyro]

.... Can you rephrase the question?

 

[Vicky-Louise]

I think what she is sayin is do you ever wonder why the word abreveation so long when it means to shorten things????

Its a weird 1 tbh

 

[ikklezozo]

yea i actually agree lol... but its also like the word ''lisp'' who had the idea of puttin the s in it lol

 

[Vicky-Louise]

oooo thats true zoe

 

[ikklezozo]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Vicky-Louise @ Nov 9 2006, 07:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

oooo thats true zoe

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i know its true but stupid aint it lmao
theres LOADS of questions like that, that are just impossible to answer lol

 

[Jenn]

Well...no clue.

It's kinda interesting to think about though!

Abbreviation - Abbr.

 

[billyjb26]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jenn @ Nov 9 2006, 08:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

Abbreviation - Abbr.[/b]

There's an abbreviation for the word abbreviation? *twitch*

 

[Lalaine]

Ooh, i love this kinda stuff!

 

[Dark Magician Girl]

An abbreviation (from Latin brevis "short") is a shorter form of a word. More particularly, an abbreviation is a letter or group of letters, taken from a word or words, and employed to represent them for the sake of brevity. For example, the word "abbreviation" can be abbreviated as "abbr." or "abbrev."
Most of the English words derive from Latin. Latin is an ancient Indo-European language was originally spoken in Latium, the region surrounding Rome.

It's not a conundrum, quite simple really.

 

[knight666]

So what about "word", which is a word itself?

Lame example, I know, but I forgot the others.