2006-09-24 08:41:22 · 9 answers · asked by phooey 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
To demonstrate that it can be worth shortening it to abbr.
2006-09-24 08:44:08 · answer #1 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it's not a good sturdy Anglo-Saxon word like "shorten." Latin words are often long and flowing, as in this one, where you have a prefix (ab, towards), a root word (brevi, short), a verb-former suffix (at), and a noun-former suffix (ion.) So it's "toward-short-en-noun." I don't know why there's an "ab" in here. Bad Latin! Bad! But it's a nice word, stylistically speaking.
Don't ask a linguist if you don't really want the answer! You may think you're clever, but I'll show you otherwise!
2006-09-24 15:49:58 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
oh of course. it is to appreciate the great history of language.
and whoever thought of it thought that surely some kid like you would hate it sone day, and miss it on a spelling test hahaha
2006-09-28 12:34:50 · answer #3 · answered by Lee C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just abbreviate it to abbrev:
2006-09-28 07:08:39 · answer #4 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats what i call irony
2006-09-24 20:36:53 · answer #5 · answered by Kirlia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ABBREVIATED it = ABRV
2006-09-24 15:52:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
iono y u x? pbl'e lt'n..
2006-09-24 18:18:44 · answer #7 · answered by Maziar S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't know this one ...
2006-09-24 15:44:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I give in,WHY?
2006-09-24 16:09:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋