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Kaleva

(36,294 posts) Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:42 PM Jun 2022

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Why is the word "abbreviation" spelled so long?

Whose idea of a joke was that?

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Why is the word "abbreviation" spelled so long? (Original Post) Kaleva Jun 2022 OP

deliberately long, to encourage "abbr." JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2022 #1

for the same reason that.... sdfernando Jun 2022 #2

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,336 posts)

1. deliberately long, to encourage "abbr."

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Tue Jun 7, 2022, 02:51 PM

Jun 2022

a theory.

sdfernando

(4,929 posts)

2. for the same reason that....

Reply to Kaleva (Original post)

Tue Jun 7, 2022, 04:36 PM

Jun 2022

People with a lisp can't pronounce what they suffer from
Apartments are all stuck together
You park in the driveway and drive on the parkway

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