2007-09-29 17:08:24 · 26 answers · asked by Barney! 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
The same reason monosyllabic isn't
2007-09-29 17:12:58 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really! What a concept! They need an abbreviation for the word abbreviate!
2007-09-30 00:13:01 · answer #2 · answered by Saffernellie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's etymology is from similar to the word "abridge," and there is the suffixes of -ate (acted upon) and -ed (past tense) added at the end.
It's the way we say something is or has been shortened, as opposed to saying something "will be shortened" or "is being shortened".
2007-09-30 00:15:25 · answer #3 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if you only wrote "ab" it would not have nearly the strength or the muscle of the longer,completed word. ha ha.
2007-09-30 00:37:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes a long word to shorten it.
2007-09-30 00:11:25 · answer #5 · answered by Art? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the people who invented the english language were morons.
2007-09-30 00:12:41 · answer #6 · answered by Bee 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To simply annoy you, I have lots of things that came into existence to annoy me (e.g. Liberals).
2007-09-30 00:11:50 · answer #7 · answered by History_lover 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just the way things are
2007-09-30 00:10:19 · answer #8 · answered by Mistress Woo♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is the world round? why do humans walk?why do Coach purses and Gucci glasses cost so much?Well, thats the way the world is
2007-09-30 00:11:43 · answer #9 · answered by flip flop freak :) 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Lmao, what a really good question, but I cant answer it sorry.
2007-09-30 00:10:48 · answer #10 · answered by itsjustme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋