Why Is The Word Abbreviation So Big ?
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In my opinion, and it is only an opinion, when man started using language he began with small (short) words e.g. I, me, you, is, food, game, etc.  As we became more sophisticated we chose to assign words to concepts and more complex thoughts.  Let's face it "I, me, and you" are much simpler concepts than "abbreviation, multinational, and so on".\n\nOK, for what ever it is worth, there is my idea...  We simply ran out of short words.
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Good question! The only answer I can come up with is for the same reason people use lots of O's in loooooooooooong words.
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Could you tell us first what this abbreviation stand for?!!
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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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Although the English word worldwide is normally written as one word (without a space or hyphen), the proper name World Wide Web and abbreviation WWW are now well-established even in formal English. The earliest references to the Web called it the WorldWideWeb (an example of computer programmers' fondness for intercaps) or the World-Wide Web (with a hyphen, this version of the name is the closest to normal English usage).\n\nIronically, the abbreviation "WWW" is impractical as it contains more syllables than the full term "World Wide Web", and thus takes longer to say. It is, however, easier to type.\n\nSimply cuz' its an acronym of World Wide Web !
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Really Simple Syndication.\nHowever, there are older uses for the acronym as well.
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It's usually because CAPS LOCK is on.\n-MM
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Certainly.  Some internet abbreviations have entered daily spoken language.  People are doing much more writing and much less speaking.  A new level of langauge (e-mail speak) seems to be developing.  Even amoung educated, careful speakers, a certain number of appreviations, symbols and careless spellings seems to have become accepted.  While some younger users are taking this to the point of incomprehensibility (if you are not in the know), this will probably level off.  The number of international users will change some English used on the Internet as new norms develop.  The Internet is a new community of speakers/writers, and as it develops, it will change.
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If you are using Internet Explorer, go to View, Text Size and left click on Larger or Largest.\nIn Internet etiquette, using all capital letters is considered shouting.
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wonderful, excellent, magnificent, terrific, fantastic\n\nunless you mean size then huge, enormous, large, grand, immense
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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
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Maybe the file's too big? Or your computer might also have viruses or something.
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The great thing about the Dutch language, you can stick different words together to make a very big word. A big word I like is:\nHottentottententententoonstellingsmakersopleidingsprogramma\nbut this one is definitely not the largest
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They're called acronyms.
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If you mean that the text is too big you can always go to VIEW on the toolbar.  Go down to TEXT SIZE and play around with a font that you are comfortable with.
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It has to do with the we humans process language in general and the printed word specifically.  You notice that all of the letters are there, and the beginning and ending letters are correct.  For longer words, they often have anchors at the syllable breaks.  We have difficulty when letters are missing or extra letters are added, changing the size of the words, and also when words are just typed in in a stand alone mode, and we lose context.
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The word "go" is a hard g, while the word "giant" is a soft g.  I hope this helps.