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Hydra: Forgive me, the apostrophe is a kind of obscure convention sometimes used to demarcate the plural of an abbreviation
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Abbr 's are abhorr's and ennui's and no need to think at all, but also you miss the pleasure of the sound.
April is in my mistress' face
and July in her eyes hath place
within her bosom is September
but in her heart, her heart a cold December
(Thomas Morley, 1558-1603 (madrigal)
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... you miss the pleasure of the sound.
If you like, you could pronounce Apr April, Jul July, Sep September, and Dec December. It's just a spelling convention after all.
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... you miss the pleasure of the sound.
If you like, you could pronounce Apr April, Jul July, Sep September, and Dec December. It's just a spelling convention after all.
Wait, don't laugh.  Maybe Faldage is on to something.
Let's try it...
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak Dec,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; - vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost Lenore -
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels named Lenore -
Nameless here for evermore.
Hmm...Ok, go ahead and laugh! 
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Hmm...Ok, go ahead and laugh!
On the other hand, nobody's forcing you to use abbreviations in a context that you find inappropriate, either.
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On the other hand, nobody's forcing you to use abbreviations in a context that you find inappropriate, either.
On that hand you are right, we have the freedom not to use them but
less freedom not to read them and worse: many of them I do not understand. Is there an abbr.dict.I could add to my list?
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Branny, see tsuwm's post here.
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Branny, see tsuwm's post here.
Thanks Jackie, I got his post on the Maasai Jumper's thread.
It is very useful information again.
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