2007-01-25 05:55:26 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
cause thats the way it is...
2007-01-25 05:58:40 · answer #1 · answered by troble # one? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Someone had a wonderfully ironic sense of humour. Not only is abbreviation a very long word, but it's also fairly hard to abbreviate.
But then, notice the word "long" is shorter than the word "short".
2007-01-25 06:02:05 · answer #2 · answered by Lyra B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason 'big' is such a short word.
2007-01-25 06:03:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
abbreviation
1460, from M.Fr. abréviation, from L.L. abbreviationem (nom. abbreviatio), from pp. of abbreviare "make brief," from L. ad "to" + breviare "shorten," from brevis "short, low, little, shallow"
With that history in mind think of a different shorter word to mean exactly the same thing
2007-01-25 06:03:25 · answer #4 · answered by BARROWMAN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.English I think. Why is dyslexia so hard to spell.why is there only one monopolies commission and why does the ink in a Biro go clear when running out. doesn't do that on my clothes
2007-01-25 06:04:34 · answer #5 · answered by mikey_mossom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it hasn't been abbreviated.
2007-01-25 12:14:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not if you use abbr., or abbrev.
Incidentally, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means 'fear of long words'. (You may have to scroll over the word to read it in full.)
2007-01-25 06:10:05 · answer #7 · answered by Polo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the same reason they use Dyslexia for people you have word blindness
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2007-01-25 06:03:15 · answer #8 · answered by Roger 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it can not be abbreviated
2007-01-25 05:59:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are frightened of big words try abbrev.
2007-01-25 05:59:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
thats a goood one
2007-01-25 06:03:18 · answer #11 · answered by Bruce P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋