Why is the word "abbreviation" so lenghty??
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LOL\nTo illustrate the point of itself, I guess :)
945053
The abbreviation 'p' refers to 'page' (eg  p. 7)\nThe abbreviation 'pp' refers to 'pages'  (eg  pp. 7–10)\n\nie  just means more than one page
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SOMEANTHA is correct\n\nbut if you want a quickie answer for bigger numbers\nhere is a website that will do it for you\n\nhttp://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm
707489
o and 0 look very similar especially capital O and 0. I guess its just shorter to say o and the character sounds how it looks
361919
same reason as people say PIN number basically I don't think we have been using acronyms for long enough yet to use them correctly.
1150203
obviously not in your grammar book! Look those abbreviations are cool in moderation but in mass amount just make you look like a 1st level retard\n\nek
1000368
cos its ezier.......takes les time 2 type stuff out dat way.......WATS RONG WIT CAPS???
1054251
The story about the word being an acronym as you mentioned above is not true.  Apparently, the acronym explanation did not surface until about 1960, while the first known use of it was some time around the 1500s.  After reading a number of sources, which you can find by searching for the "etymology" of the word, it's not clear what the origin was.
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it's actually very simple- it is in fact based on the removal of vowels to shorten the material being written.\n\n example:\nits actlly vry smpl- n fct bsd on rmvl o vwls 2 shrtn mtrl bng wrtn
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I dont know for sure, but I have some sort of educated guess. I think that some kids our age (when chat was first invented) started to think that typing out the entire word was getting to be tiring. Then they started to abbreviate the words by taking the 1st letter of each word. LOL would be laugh out loud, because over the years, people started to develop these into meaning no sense when translated, but so that they make sense when it was inserted with its abbreviated form. I hope u think this is an OK guess.
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The abbreviations are i.e. for "that is" and e.g. for "for example."  I don't know the exact words the i.e. and e.g. stand for but I believe they are Latin.
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Im sure there is smoe humor in your question.\nBut then again, I forgot to laugh.\nBad memory Yknow\n\nAnyWAY, I dont knwo if this helps answer your question or not, bu the word abbreviation comes from the latin word "brevis" meaning short.Apart from the common form of shortening one word, there are other types of abbreviations. These include acronym and initialism (including TLA), apocopation (that is, apocope), clipping (phonetics), elision, syncope, syllabic abbreviation, portmanteau.\n\nIronically, all of the words are either complicated, or lomg
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it is a little seen road sign warning that the letter a is up ahead. don't let the people who follow me convince you that it has something to do with delimiting a username from it's relevant e-mail domain. this is bunk. some internet guy (probably Al Gore) hijacked the symbol when he invented the Internets. now we don't know when the letter a is approaching and the world is less safe for it.\n\nand especially don't let them talk you into thinking it means at. why the hell would you shorten at to @ ?? takes less time to write type a "t" then to draw a circle connecting to that "a" - it's all democratic lies.
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I don't know. Maybe that's because they think people should be able to understand them. Personally, I only shorten laughing out loud, you know, lol, or curses "WTF?" If I'm responding to someone who contacts me, I shorten because to b/c, with to w/, an without to w/out because there are only so many characters you can use. These type of abbreviations are okay on question since there is also a limit of characters. However, I think there are some people who just don't realize there's a "check spelling" right there. It's amazing to see how many totally illiterate people there are out there.
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Your question makes no sense. Do you actually know what an acronym is?
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Yeah, I can totally agree with you on this subject!! I mean, we use abbreviations in chat rooms, I don't see what the big difference when using abbreviations in here. And sometimes, when I have a particularly long answer that I am responding to, I will sometimes use abbreviations when writing, only because my hands start to cramp when I write a lot, so I just use abbreviations. It doesn't mean that the person using abbreviations cant spell, it just means that they would like to use a shorter version of typing so that their hands don't start to hurt, or that their train of thought doesn't go away. It also obviously means that BECAUSE we are using abbreviations, that in all likelihood, we DO know how to spell the word. But most people on Yahoo Answers feel like this forum is for grown-up people who should always spell the words out. I only use the short-hand version of abbreviation, not the whole thing. Some words I will spell out,and some I wont. Well, I know one thing, I don't have time. I like using abbreviations, and I'll keep on doing it too!
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There's lots of us out there who haven't caught on to the world of internet, email and chat room slang and abbreviations.  Just thought you might find this article interesting.  Abbreviations change so fast it's hard to keep up.  But this list might give you a chuckle or two.  WARNING: some of the abbreviations might be offensive.  Please don't hurt the messenger (me!)\n\nhttp://netforbeginners.about.com/cs/netiquette101/a/abbreviations.htm\n\nplrr